The Indian Navy is interested in purchasing up to 12 XLUUVs in 2023, according to Naval News, citing an Indian Ministry of Defence document, with the prototype expected to be completed by 2025. The armed platform is being pursued because the country's procurement of six locally made diesel-electric submarines with air-independent propulsion technology has been delayed.
In 2023, Insitu, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, will introduce FLARES, a new Integrator Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS), at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exhibition in National Harbour, Maryland. Hood Tech's technology is a multi-copter drone designed for usage on ship decks but can also be used in a variety of other circumstances.
The United States Fifth Fleet launched a three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration exercise in Bahrain in 2022, which will see the first-ever use of new platforms in the area. By the conclusion of next summer, the Digital Horizon event will have established the world's first fleet of unmanned surface vessels and advanced the command's attempts to integrate new unmanned technologies. Enhancing the vision of the American and local fleets above, on, and below the ocean is the main goal of the 5th Fleet of the United States.
Key Companies in the unmanned sea system Industry include
- Balt Robotics (Poland)
- Bluefin Robotics (Massachusetts)
- Boston Engineering Corporation (MA)
- Gate Elektronik (Yenimahalle)
- Kongsberg (Norway)
- Atlas Elektronik (Germany)
- BAE Systams (U.K.)
- General Dynamics (U.S.)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) and Raytheon (U.S.).
