Elbit Systems has integrated the Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar for Unmanned Surface Vessels (TRAPS-USV) with its Seagull USV. The sea trials included several deployment and recovery cycles, towing at different speeds and transmission at various power levels.
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Sea Hunter, an autonomous surface vessel that can patrol with no crew onboard for months at a time, recently completed a round trip from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship is a 132-ft. trimaran that was developed by DARPA, built by Leidos and turned over to the Office of Naval Research last year for testing. Its purpose is
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November 2018 Undersea Defense/Antisubmarine Warfare
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L3 Technologies has acquired ASV Global, a USV and autonomous vessel control systems company. The acquisition enhances L3’s spectrum of unmanned maritime capabilities, including integrated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions, future surface combatant unmanned off-board sensors, and integrated unmanned surface and undersea vessel (USV/UUV) operations. The new company will be known as L3 ASV. Based in Louisiana and the U.K., L3
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