Unmanned Systems

The final fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill allowed the Navy to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, but urged prioritization in using commercial alternatives. The […]

A Navy team in October demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) using an HII platform, the service said on Monday. The demonstration entailed […]

The Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. said on Dec. 20 that it chose Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, which powers F-15 and F-16 fighters, as the turbine component of […]

The U.S. 5th Fleet completed the Digital Horizon three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence exercise event in Bahrain on Dec. 15.  The event started on Nov. 23 with 15 unmanned systems […]

Legislation to expand existing but limited counter-drone authorities for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice will have to await action by the next Congress and the Biden administration is […]

Evaluations of commercial technologies to detect, track and identify (DTI) small drones operating in restricted airspace in and around airports are “generally” performing well, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last week issued a solicitation for proposals for long endurance, vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned air systems deployed from Navy surface combatants and forward deployed […]

The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Office (JCO) earlier this month expanded its list of recommended vendor solutions for countering-drones as a service to include offerings from CACI […]

Last week the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a Request For Information (RFI) notice that said it is exploring possibly reopening a multiple award contract (MAC) to provide payloads, […]

The private equity firm Highlander Partners on Monday said it has acquired Liteye Systems, a provider of counter-drone solutions for defense and security applications. Terms of the deal were not […]