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DNV and Fassmer to Cooperate on Autonomous Naval Vessels
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In Short: DNV and Fassmer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop and classify autonomous and remotely operated naval vessels, aiming to make specialized vessels safer and more efficient.
DNV and Fassmer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and classify autonomous and remotely operated vessels for naval and government customers. The partnership supports Fassmer’s growing portfolio of unmanned systems, with DNV applying its assurance guidelines and Autonomous and Remotely Operated Ships (AROS) class notations to Fassmer’s unmanned vessel programs.
Together, the partners will review operating concepts for autonomous vessels, test new supporting technologies, and build a roadmap toward certification. A key goal is an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a Fassmer vessel design under DNV’s AROS notation, assessing the vessel’s autonomous navigation, engineering, operational, and safety functions.
The partners also plan to feed their findings into international standards for autonomous shipping, helping to strengthen Germany and Europe as centers of maritime autonomy. DNV and Fassmer see this as a major opportunity to make specialized vessels safer, more efficient, and more capable. With ST-Engineering UIS, they have already been working closely with autonomous systems and DNV’s AROS requirements.
In a separate development, US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attempted Iranian ballistic missile strikes on an American warship, as Tehran warned tanker crews near Kuwait and Bahrain to abandon their vessels. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington intended to continue hitting Iranian tankers if Tehran persisted in targeting US naval forces.
What's still developing
- “American forces directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck and rendered inoperable,” CENTCOM said, according to AFP, describing the operation as retaliation for Iran’s latest failed attacks.
- The five vessels were identified as the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco, and Derya.
- The attacks followed repeated Iranian attempts to hit US Navy vessels.
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Sources
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