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Brochure including key speakers list now available for the Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference in London, February 2023.

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to defence tech company QinetiQ to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the Project Vampire.  

Project Vampire is meant to develop a low-cost unmanned vehicle to test operational concepts, payload types, and other technologies.

The Ghana Navy has signed a deal under which it will be paid to provide security for the country's offshore fields. The four new Flex Fighter vessels will be used to carry out the Ghana Navy's contract with the oil industry. The Ghana Armed ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an initial increment of its Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF). A QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ target vehicle pictured on its...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an initial increment of its Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF). A QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ target vehicle pictured on its...

A small portable unmanned catamaran survey craft has completed first trials with the UK Royal Navy (RN) as part of the service's Project Hecla initiative. Developed by Maritime Robotics in Norway and supplied through UK-based RS Aqua under a...