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Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Gepostet von | 16 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

Anschütz, the German market leader for navigation and bridge systems, has developed and successfully tested an automatic collision avoidance system (CAS) as part of the Kiel CAPTN initiative (see below for more information). The automation of vehicles in a busy sea area such as the Kiel Fjord posed a particular challenge, the true dimensions of which only become apparent in practical application. During the lengthy series of tests, however, the situation analyses and recommended actions of the CAS coincided with those of the navigators critically accompanying them - a good basis for the further development of autonomous navigation. The CAS is based on an algorithm that analyses the maritime situation using conventional sensor data (radar,...

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Autonomy in battle

Autonomy in battle

Gepostet von | 16 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

With the CB 90, Saab offers a powerful combat boat. The integration of the Autonomous Ocean Core now opens up further potential uses. With the CB90 (CB stands for Combat Boat) from its subsidiary Docksta, Saab is demonstrating how a unit originally designed for manned operation can be optimised for uncrewed operation with the help of autonomous technologies. CB90 is already in service with several navies for amphibious, littoral and riverine operations. In addition to the Royal Swedish Navy - where it is primarily used for amphibious purposes - the CB90 is also used by the US Navy.

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Using artificial intelligence to combat lost networks

Using artificial intelligence to combat lost networks

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

Every year, tens of thousands of tonnes of fishing nets, known as ghost nets, end up in the sea. Sea creatures and diving birds get caught in them indiscriminately and usually die an agonising death. Artificial intelligence is now helping to salvage them. Since the 1960s, fishing nets have no longer been made from the perishable natural materials hemp, sisal or linen, but from synthetic materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene and polyamide (nylon, Kevlar). Nets or net parts manufactured in this way and then lost or disposed of at sea only decompose after several hundred years and thus contribute to the plastic pollution of our oceans. According to the latest studies, ghost nets make up between 30 and 50 per cent of marine plastic and catch...

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Aircraft carrier off Crete - French visit to Souda Bay

Aircraft carrier off Crete - French visit to Souda Bay

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" is currently on its way back to its home port of Toulon after a four-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific. After travelling through the Red Sea and passing through the Suez Canal, it made a stopover in Souda Bay on the north side of the island of Crete. The nuclear-powered French carrier (260 x 64 metres, 42,500 tonnes), which entered service 23 years ago, carries 22 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft as well as Grumman E-2 Hawkeye reconnaissance aircraft for air surveillance and Eurocopter AS-565 Panther helicopters for rescue and anti-submarine warfare missions. During his deployment off Southeast Asia, he was accompanied by a...

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Magdeburg - Closure of the longest canal bridge in Europe

Magdeburg - Closure of the longest canal bridge in Europe

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

The largest waterway intersection in Europe is located north of Magdeburg and has connected the Mittelland Canal across the Elbe with the Elbe-Havel Canal since 2003. As part of the German Unity Transport Project, the canal bridge has become an important element of the East-West link for shipping. The construction time was only a short five years. The 918 metre long trough bridge, which is independent of the river Elbe, is considered a technical masterpiece and saves inland waterway shipping between Hanover and Berlin a twelve kilometre diversions across the Elbe. It has now been drained and is expected to remain closed to shipping, pedestrians and cyclists until the end of May. The longest inland waterway bridge in Europe will...

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