Unmanned Systems

The Army and Navy are on the cusp of fielding unmanned robotic systems in a variety of roles, but for the systems to gain a wide foothold in military operations, […]

The U.S. Navy plans to conduct an industry competition for the Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) in the current fiscal year, according to a service official. In September, the […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), whose Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program has been experimenting with flying swarms of small unmanned aerial vehicles, plans to begin integrating payloads on such drones […]

The Marine Corps will equip four battalions with small unmanned aerial systems down to the squad level before the end of the year in an ambitious plan to purchase and […]

Recent incidents involving small, hostile unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq underscore the need for the United States to rapidly field defenses against this “emerging danger,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee […]

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Roboteam, an American-Israeli firm that makes small unmanned ground vehicles for the U.S. Department of Defense and other customers, is developing several new products, including a UGV […]

General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. business said on Wednesday that it has integrated its newest flight software into Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) fleet of Predator B unmanned aircraft system […]

The Unmanned Warrior exercise taking place this month off the coast of western Scotland has demonstrated the ability of unmanned vehicles in three domains and from multiple nations to collaborate, […]

The U.S. military is sending new technologies to Iraq in response to an increase in the use of commercially available unmanned aerial vehicles by Islamic State (ISIS) militants. Col. John […]

Over the next decade ground robots will steadily assume more diverse missions than the niche bomb disposal and intelligence-gathering duties they have performed for years, according to Army officials. Army […]