Unmanned Systems

Textron‘s [TXT] small Aerosonde Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) flew off a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the first time, the company announced Monday. This operation is the start of Textron […]

Last year, the U.S. Coast Guard began receiving regular data and information from unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. While the data provided the service more […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) posted a new solicitation on Monday for affordable production-ready small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSVs) that would hunt for targets and explode on contact. The notice […]

A Navy official earlier this month confirmed the service is starting a series of tests on the first Orca Extra large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) and is confident in the […]

The U.S. Air Force confirmed on Jan. 24 that it has contracted with five teams–led by Anduril, Boeing [BA], General Atomics, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]–to develop Collaborative […]

A Navy official in charge of managing prototype unmanned sea systems this month was optimistic in how large prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) testing is going and how the systems […]

The defense industrial base for directed energy weapons (DEWs) suffers from inconsistent demand, insufficient production capabilities, limited suppliers, reliance on China for certain rare metallic elements, and labor shortages, says […]

The Estonian Centre for Defense Investments (ECDI) and Baltic WorkBoats this month kicked off leading a four-year pan-European Union defense cooperation to develop a prototype semi-autonomous modular vessel for European […]

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s unit focused on testing unmanned systems in recent weeks started a new task group focused on manned-unmanned teaming operations. Task Force 59, which has been […]

U.S. owners and operators of critical infrastructures that use drones in their operations should purchase “secure-by-design” unmanned aircraft from approved domestic vendors and not use Chinese-made drones due to security […]