Unmanned Systems
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Navy/USMCAustralia Hosts AUKUS Unmanned Undersea Tech Exercises Down Under
Australia hosted the other two AUKUS partners in an exercise of unmanned undersea warfare technology, the Pentagon said Monday. The U.S. Defense Department said this event was explicitly part of […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Market Research On Large USVs Ahead Of 2024 RFP
The Navy issued a sources sought/Request for Information (RFI) notice for industry feedback on potential specifications of the future Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV). The notice, published Nov. 4, is […]
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Unmanned SystemsKratos Expects to Receive Largest-to-Date Tactical Drone Contract Late Next Year
In a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2, Kratos [KTOS] CEO Eric DeMarco said that the company forecasts revenue growth of 10 percent next year without potential tactical drone […]
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Navy/USMCCENTCOM Fires First Weapons Off Sea Drones In Exercise
Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59 tested the combat capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with the first live fire exercises in the Persian Gulf last month, the service […]
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ArmyEpirus Delivers First High-Power Microwave Counter-Drone System To Army Marking Progress Toward Fielding
Epirus on Wednesday said it has delivered the first prototype high-power microwave (HPM) system to the Army, a key milestone on the path to fielding a capability that can counter […]
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Business/FinancialShield AI Raises Another $200 Million In Funding To Scale V-BAT Teams, Integrate With Other UAS
Shield AI on Tuesday said it has raised another $200 million in venture capital for scaling and deploying the company’s new autonomous piloting software aboard the company’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft […]
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Navy/USMCLatest MCM USV Order To Bollinger Covers Four More Vehicles
Bollinger Shipyards this week announced the most recent Navy order for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) covers four more vehicles, bringing the current total under contract to seven. […]
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Navy/USMCHII Lionfish UUV Contract Worth Up To $347 Million For 200 Systems
The Navy recently awarded HII [HII] a Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) contract potentially worth up to $347 million over five years. Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Oct. […]
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ArmyArmy Plans To Field Counter Small UAS Capabilities Throughout Divisions
The Army has fielded two divisions with counter-drone capabilities and the plan is to ultimately provide assets down to the platoon level that can counter small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), […]
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Unmanned SystemsTeledyne Introduces New Black Hornet Nano Drone With Leap Ahead Performance
Building on eight years of operational performance and lessons learned on the battlefield, including in Ukraine, Teledyne FLIR Defense on Tuesday unveiled the fourth generation of its palm-size Black Hornet […]
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