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As operations push further offshore and into deeper waters, knowing where something is, keeping it connected, and trusting the data in between become fundamental, interrelated disciplines. This edition, Navigation, Positioning, and Communications, explores how each of these fields continues to reshape what’s possible in increasingly challenging and often contested waters, regardless of application.
Our thanks this month to Calian, EdgeLab, Greenroom Robotics, Cerulean Sonar, Ground Control, Chess Dynamics, Flylogix, Oshen, and GRVTY.
Ed Freeman,
Managing Editor, ON&T
This Month's Exclusive Op-Ed
Dr. Philip Root
CTO
Like quantum computers, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles have spent years on the verge of transforming maritime operations—and we now appear to be reaching another inflection point for this technology.
With each development cycle, endurance has improved, and sensors have become more capable, to the point that navies are investing heavily in autonomous systems and distributed maritime operations. But more vehicles and better payloads do not necessarily translate into meaningful capability. The real question is whether autonomous systems can operate at useful scale in contested waters—navigating, communicating, and completing missions without the conditions that almost never exist in wartime.
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