The underwater arms race
The global undersea arms race is transforming not just navies but the engineering profession behind them. Workforce, digital capability and nuclear stewardship are now as strategically important as the platforms themselves.
We are on the right path
Catriona Savage on the pace of change in her time as RINA president.
We'd better be ready for AI
Evangelos Boulougouris on using artificial intelligence in ship design.
Orca AI and SHI in joint development deal
Orca AI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to jointly develop and deploy autonomous vessel technologies across both newbuild and retrofit markets.
Wärtsilä rolls out NTPRO 7 simulator
Wärtsilä, the Helsinki-based technology group, has released NTPRO 7, the latest iteration of its navigational training simulation platform.
Simultaneous ROV operations cut vessel days off Senegal
DeepOcean innovation set to reduce costs and time spent on subsea inspection programmes.
Fincantieri to build high-speed Saildrone USV in Wisconsin
Shipbuilder branches out with collaboration on Spectre; and Chartwell and Japanese shipbuilders sign wind deal.
MIT lab improves human and AUV interactions
Researchers address capability gaps in underwater navigation and perception.
HII wins contract to deliver autonomous Sub recovery system
HII has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Innovation Unit to deliver a submarine Torpedo Tube Launch and Recovery (TTLR).
AiP for wind-assisted liquefied CO2 carrier
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a liquefied CO₂ carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind propulsion system.
Baltic first for carbon capture and storage
Aker wins contract for CO2 terminal in Lithuania; and First battery-methanol-powered tug set to sail