Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsAustralia’s Ghost Shark Autonomous Sub Arrives In U.S. For Testing
One of the three Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) Anduril is building for Australia arrived in the U.S. for American-based testing recently, the company said Tuesday. The Ghost […]
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Unmanned SystemsMARV-ELous: Navy/Marine Corps Test Prototype Resupply Drones
The Navy and Marine Corps said they recently completed performance evaluation of two unmanned aerial system options to perform medium aerial resupply for the Marine Corps, a project called the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Installs First MQ-25 Control Room On Aircraft Carrier
The Navy said on Aug. 15 it recently installed the first new control room on an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), where the operators will control the […]
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PentagonUkrainian Ask–2.5 Million Drones, DoD IG Says
Ukrainian Armed Forces’ (UAF) demand for drones in the country’s effort to turn back Russian forces has grown, the U.S.-led Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U) has told the Pentagon Inspector General. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Sheds More Light On Recent sUSV Awards
The Navy and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are reviewing several prototype small unmanned surface vehicles (sUSVs) for the potential to quickly scale production of the systems in support of the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAfrica, European Commands Exploring More Experimentation Efforts
The heads of the resource directorates with the U.S. Africa and European Commands want to boost their experimentation efforts with technologies and capabilities to meet their respective needs, officials said […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Solicits To Refresh Blue UAS Roster
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Monday released a solicitation for an upcoming prize challenge for vendors to potentially have their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related capabilities added to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySenate Panel Questions Effectiveness Of DoD Rapid Experimentation Effort
A three-year old effort to rapidly experiment with prototype systems that could meet joint warfighting needs so far has fallen short of expectations and is not finding a home in […]
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Air ForceCCA Autonomy Contracts Awarded to Five Vendors
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force in the last few months awarded classified contracts to five vendors–a mix of traditional defense companies and non-marquee ones–for the autonomy piece of the Collaborative […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Test Fired Korean Rockets From CUSV At RIMPAC
The Navy performed a live-fire demonstration testing a set of South Korean Poniard rockets from a Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) during the international Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 […]
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