Military personnel from various NATO allied and partner nations have participated in the Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping exercise using Maritime Uncrewed Systems 2022 (REPMUS-22). REPMUS-22, which commenced on September 12 and concluded September 22, was held in and around Troia Peninsula in Portugal.
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Scientists from the University of Florida have made a large step towards restoring sea urchin populations. Sea urchins help reefs in that they play a critical role in maintaining the balance between coral and algae. For thousands of years, long-spined sea urchins helped keep reefs intact.
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The start of fabrication of the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31) began at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Sept. 7. This milestone signifies the first 100 tons of steel for the ship having been cut.
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During the international maritime trade fair SMM this week in Hamburg, Kongsberg Digital, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, and Shell Marine have signed an MoU to strengthen their service offerings to the maritime industry.
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OceanTools Limited will be celebrating their twenty fifth anniversary this month. The company founder Kevin Parker says “OceanTools has come a long way since I cobbled together the industry’s first PC based video overlay system on my dining room table in 1997”.
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Global defense and technologies partner HII announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to begin the combat systems availability for the Zumwalt-class destroyer, Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002).
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