Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Ocean Power Technologies receives Naval Postgraduate School order for WAM-V 8
- NPS CRUSER researchers plan to integrate atmospheric and electro-optical instrumentation on the compact, shallow-draft platform.
- The order extends a relationship that already includes an OPT PowerBuoy deployed in Monterey Bay for oceanographic and maritime-sensing research.
Avikus wins HiNAS order for 10 Hyundai Glovis newbuild car carriers
- Each 10,800-CEU vessel will receive HiNAS Control and Surround View Monitoring.
- Some vessels have been delivered, with the remaining newbuilds scheduled through 2028.
- The order follows a 2024 pilot and adoption on seven in-service vessels in 2025, bringing the planned equipped fleet to 18 ships.
Ocean Power Technologies deploys Rutgers PowerBuoy and wins Stevens WAM-V order
- The Rutgers PowerBuoy is installed and operational off New Jersey for ocean research and environmental monitoring.
- Stevens Institute ordered a WAM-V unmanned surface vehicle for advanced marine research and development.
- The event combines offshore power infrastructure with a new maritime-drone order.
HydroSurv delivers REAV-25 USV to Skanska Norway
- HydroSurv announced the sale and delivery of a REAV-25 uncrewed surface vessel to Skanska Norway for inland hydrographic survey operations.
- The REAV-25 was configured for high-resolution bathymetric surveys using a Norbit iWBMS multibeam echo sounder.
- The vessel was expected to enter operational service with Skanska Norway in early spring 2026.
Avikus signs agreement to supply HiNAS Control to 40 HMM vessels
- The agreement covers HiNAS Control installations across 40 HMM vessels.
- HMM planned to apply the autonomous-navigation system to new and existing ships in its commercial fleet.
- Avikus framed the 40-vessel scope as a large-scale commercial rollout for its ship-autonomy stack.
Exail receives Shom order for DriX H-9 survey vessel
- The H-9 can operate from shore or from Shom’s Beautemps-Beaupré hydrographic ship.
- Shom plans to use the vessel from Brest to reach survey areas in the English Channel and Atlantic.
- The new vessel will share operating experience and infrastructure with Marlin.
Equinor acquires Eelume S for subsea inspection
- The order covered Eelume S, an all-terrain autonomous underwater vehicle.
- The system was tied to Equinor subsea inspection use cases.
Exail delivers DriX H-8 Marlin to Shom
- Ten Shom employees completed two Exail supervisor-training sessions in La Ciotat in July.
- Hydrographers at Brest’s Atlantic hydrographic and oceanographic group will supervise autonomous navigation around the clock.
- Planned missions include seabed mapping, harbour-channel surveys and environmental studies along the Atlantic and Channel coasts.
Cellula sells Guardian AUV to confidential defense customer
- Cellula announced a sale of its Guardian autonomous underwater vehicle to a confidential defense customer.
- Guardian was described as a commercial off-the-shelf long-range AUV capable of missions up to 5,000 kilometers with payload release, hovering, and station-keeping capability.
- The company positioned the platform for over-the-horizon survey, surveillance, and payload-delivery missions deployable from ship or shore.
Hyundai Glovis selects Avikus HiNAS Control for seven PCTCs
- Hyundai Glovis signed a contract with Avikus to retrofit seven pure car and truck carriers with HiNAS Control.
- The scope includes HiNAS Control hardware and software, onboard commissioning and crew training.
- Avikus said the rollout followed a 2024 collaborative trial that showed up to 3.9% fuel-saving performance during pilot operations.
Forum Energy Technologies secures order for two XLX-C ROVs from CCC
- The two 200 hp XLX-C systems are specified for construction, drill support, pipeline and platform inspection, survey, salvage and cleaning services.
- The first ROV was scheduled for delivery in November 2025 and the second for June 2026.
- Each system includes ICE Unity dynamic-positioning controls, a Type 5C Top Hat tether-management system and a 3,300 m umbilical, with manufacturing at Forum's Kirkbymoorside facility.
French DGA selects up to 16 extended A18-M vehicles
- The order covers eight autonomous underwater vehicles plus eight additional units as an option.
- The extended A18-M configuration integrates Thales SAMDIS 600 multi-view sonar for mine detection and classification.
- The programme binds an exact A18-M derivative to a named naval customer and procurement programme.
REGENT and MONTE announce $300M seaglider partnership
- REGENT and MONTE announced a $300 million seaglider partnership for sustainable maritime travel.
- The partnership supported future seaglider adoption by aircraft leasing and finance customers.
- The agreement added a large commercial demand signal for REGENT’s maritime mobility platform.
Forum Energy Technologies wins JAMSTEC order for Comanche ROV
- JAMSTEC expects to use the Comanche for research operations in extremely cold high-Arctic waters.
- The 3,000 m-rated system combines advanced sensors, high-definition cameras and tooling for ecosystem imaging, geological study and sample collection.
- The package includes a Garage Tether Management System and full launch-and-recovery system; Forum planned UK manufacture and delivery to Japan in 2025.
Argeo formally signs contracts for three KONGSBERG HUGIN AUVs
- Argeo formally signed the three vehicle contracts at Kongsberg's Horten premises on November 13, 2023.
- The order comprised two HUGIN Superior AUVs and one HUGIN 6000, financed through a four-year lease with CSI Leasing.
- Argeo expected the deliveries to expand its AUV fleet to seven vehicles by 2025.
Argeo signs letter of intent for three Kongsberg HUGIN AUVs
- The letter of intent covered two HUGIN Superior AUVs and one HUGIN 6000 AUV from Kongsberg.
- Argeo scheduled the first HUGIN Superior for early Q4 2023, the second for Q1 2024 and the HUGIN 6000 for Q1 2025.
- The proposed four-year lease financing was valued at $25 million and remained subject to board approval and final signing.
HydroSurv sells three REAV-16 USVs to MSeis
- The REAV-16 vessels combine HydroSurv platforms with MSeis acoustic monitoring technology.
- HydroSurv positioned the order as a step in scaling USV deployment for surveying use cases.
Oceaneering wins contracts for 85 MaxMover CB D 2000 forklifts
- The customer was described as a leading international manufacturer.
- The systems were ordered for three manufacturing facilities.
- The scope included installation, on-site integration, training and continuing software support.
Natural ProLogic signs agreement for Flying Ship cargo vessels
- The vessels were intended to support northern logistics routes using autonomous maritime cargo craft.
- The agreement gave Flying Ship Company a named customer traction signal for wing-in-ground-effect logistics vessels.
- The event adds operating or commercial context for warehouse automation and material-handling robotics.
Ocean Infinity orders six 3,000-metre HUGIN AUVs from KONGSBERG
- The order covered six HUGIN AUVs rated to 3,000 metres and equipped with geophysical sensor suites.
- KONGSBERG said the order would take Ocean Infinity's HUGIN fleet to more than 20 vehicles.
- The new AUVs were designed to integrate Ocean Infinity's remote operations, mission-planning and dive-management software.
ECA Group delivers third reactor-inspection system to ILL
- The configuration uses a VS 340 N monochrome camera with a hard-radiation-tolerant tube sensor.
- The camera is mounted on a radiation-tolerant pan-and-tilt unit with its associated control equipment.
- This was the third completed supply of the same inspection-system configuration to ILL; commercial terms were not disclosed.
Geneva Navigation Police selects H800 ROV for underwater search and rescue
- The ROV supports search and rescue, wreck inspection and underwater object recovery.
- Its equipment includes scanning sonar, a five-axis electric arm and USBL positioning.
- An altimeter with automatic altitude control enables operation close to the lake bed.
Taiwanese oceanographic programme selects ECA Group H800 ROV
- The selected platform was the H800 ROV.
- Its documented role was oceanographic research.
- The deployment geography was Taiwan.
ECA Group delivers H300V ROV for Middle East search and rescue
- The delivered system was an H300V ROV.
- Its stated operational role was underwater search and rescue.
- The customer’s identity was not disclosed in the announcement.
SA Biotech receives ECA Pipe Cruiser and Z Pipe Viewer systems
- SA Biotech intended to use both systems for demonstrations to South African wastewater-network inspection companies.
- ECA Group provided SA Biotech staff with preliminary technical and marketing training in France.
- Z Pipe Viewer covers 100-800 millimetre pipes from a manhole, while Pipe Cruiser covers 150-1,800 millimetre sewers over distances up to 500 metres.
ECA Group supplies H300 MK2 ROV for Chilean fish-farm inspection
- The supplied platform was an H300 MK2 ROV.
- The documented application was underwater fish-farm inspection.
- The operating geography was Chile.
Fugro orders two SEA-KIT X-class USVs
- The two 12-metre vessels were intended for operations in the North Sea and Asia-Pacific region.
- Planned equipment included underwater-vehicle launch and recovery systems and station-keeping capabilities.
- Fugro planned to connect the vessels to its remote operations centres for remotely controlled inspections.
Lithuanian Navy orders additional K-STER mine-disposal systems
- Lithuania had operated K-STER systems since its initial purchase in 2009.
- The system is designed to identify and neutralise sea mines.
- The follow-on order extended an established operational fleet rather than starting a new evaluation.
Médecins Sans Frontières receives two ECA borehole-inspection systems
- The order covered two inspection systems.
- The equipment is used to inspect deep water boreholes.
- The programme supports access to water in African operating locations.
Tunisian oceanographic institute receives H300 MK2 ROV system
- The recipient was Tunisia’s oceanographic institute.
- The delivered system was the H300 MK2 remotely operated vehicle.
- The documented mission scope was subsea oceanographic research.
Canada and France place first CAMELEON LG orders
- The announcement covered two separate ground-robot contracts.
- Their combined value exceeded €3 million.
- They represented the first commercial successes for the CAMELEON LG platform.
ECA GROUP equips Shanghai University ROV with electric arm for subsea scientific research
- The electric arm was supplied for integration on the university’s remotely operated vehicle.
- The manipulator provides five functions for underwater intervention tasks.
- The documented application was subsea scientific research.
ECA Group delivers H300 ROV for submerged-structure work in France
- The delivered platform was an H300 ROV.
- Its documented role was underwater intervention on submerged structures.
- The operating geography was France.
Sonatrach awards ECA Group €4 million underwater-cleaning contract
- ECA’s six-tonne VISIT submarine system was assigned to clean four seawater intake galleries.
- The vehicle uses hydraulic tools to clean the galleries’ pipe walls.
- The contract was the fourth Sonatrach assignment of this type awarded to ECA Group.
ECA Group records new sale of A18 autonomous underwater vehicle
- The sold platform was an A18 AUV.
- The vehicle is used for underwater inspection and mapping missions.
- The customer was not identified in the public announcement.
ECA Group delivers BH VIEWER 200 system in Benin
- The system supports inspection of wells from four to 32 inches in diameter.
- Its swivelling colour camera and laser references support crack measurement and three-dimensional inspection.
- The completed delivery included operator training; equipment quantity and commercial terms were not disclosed.
Three customers place naval-robotics orders worth more than €12 million
- The announcement covered three distinct customer orders.
- Their combined disclosed value exceeded €12 million.
- The order scope was naval robotic equipment.
Beachcomber orders two BM5E Micro arms for its H800-INS ROV
- Both BM5E Micro arms can be installed side by side on a skid beneath the ROV.
- One arm can hold position on an underwater structure while the other performs maintenance.
- Beachcomber uses the H800-INS for underwater-structure maintenance in Tahiti.