Unmanned Systems
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Navy/USMCNavy Tests UH-1Y Helicopter With MUOS System For MQ-25 Connection
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently conducted an initial flight test of a Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter transmitting data from the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communications capability […]
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Navy/USMCLCS Mine Countermeasures Mission Package Reaches IOC
The Navy this week declared the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) achieved initial operational capability (IOC). The MCM MP consists of an integrated set of […]
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Navy/USMCGilday, Navy Outlines Path To LUSV Construction Contract
Earlier this month the Chief of Naval Operations outlined how the Navy plans to get to the construction contract for the first Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV) by fiscal year […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-25 IOC Pushed Back To 2026 Due To Production Maturity Challenges
Production challenges have pushed the initial operational capability (IOC) of the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker back a year to 2026, a program executive said last week. Speaking during […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Interested In Counter All-Domain UxS Solutions; DHS To Test Kinetic Defeat Of UAS
The Department of Defense last week is seeking solutions to counter unmanned systems (UxS) operating in all domains including the ability to counter autonomous swarms of uncrewed systems. Separately, the […]
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Releases Unmanned Systems Strategy; Expects To Contract For Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Coast Guard this week released its first strategy for unmanned systems (UxS), laying out a vision for the capabilities the service will need in the coming decade […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Begins Underwater Testing Of First Orca XLUUV
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Navy in March began underwater testing of its first extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XLUUV), which will help reduce risk on the first five prototype vessels, a Navy […]
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Business/FinancialBlueHalo Adds To Counter-Drone Portfolio With Acquisition Of Verus Technology Group
BlueHalo on Monday said it has acquired Verus Technology Group, a small company that provides counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) products based on radio frequency and digital signal processing technologies. Terms […]
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Navy/USMCInsitu Introduces VTOL Capability For Fixed-Wing Integrator UAS
Insitu on Monday introduced a new capability for its Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that allows the drone to take-off vertically, requiring a smaller operational footprint for launch and recovery […]
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Unmanned SystemsReaper Drones Not Survivable In Hostile Airspace Over Ukraine, Defense Chiefs Say
There is no sense in providing MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist Ukrainian forces in their war against Russian invaders because the drones are not survivable against Russian […]