Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsCounter UAS Office Wants AI/ML Capabilities to Help Operators
The Defense Department office assessing systems to defeat drones and also develop the related training and doctrine for the use of these capabilities wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence […]
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Unmanned SystemsCounter UAS Office Wants AI/ML Capabilities To Help Operators
The Defense Department office assessing systems to defeat drones and also develop the related training and doctrine for the use of these capabilities wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence […]
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Navy/USMCHuntington Ingalls Scaling Open Architecture, Modularity To Its Larger UUVs
After successfully introducing a version of its small-class unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) last year that features open architecture and modularity to help meet different customers’ needs, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New Unmanned Minesweeper Completes Shock Trials
The Navy on Tuesday said it successfully completed underwater explosion shock testing (UNDEX) for its newest unmanned minesweeper, the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS). The UISS is an Unmanned Surface […]
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Homeland SecurityCBP Selects Five Companies To Provide Small UAS To DHS
Customs and Border Protection has selected five companies to compete for up to $90 million in orders to provide small unmanned aircraft systems for Department of Homeland Security components. The […]
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Air ForceU.S. Strikes Fall from 951 in 2020 to 439 This Year, Group Says
U.S. strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Somalia and Yemen have fallen 54 percent this year–from 951 last year to 439 through Nov. 30 this year, per a new report […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Chooses Northrop Grumman and Martin Defense Group For Manta Ray UUV Phase 2
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Martin Defense Group to move to Phase 2 of the Manta Ray unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-25 Finishes Non-Flight Carrier Demo Tests
The Navy successfully controlled the unmanned MQ-25A Stingray tanker aircraft on an aircraft carrier for the first time in non-flight deck handling demonstration tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS George […]
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Homeland SecurityTSA Investment Plan Show Steady Effort To Counter-Drone Testing
The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) funding forecast during the next five years shows a steady commitment to the agency’s efforts to test, evaluate and identify technologies that may be useful […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Issue COBRA Block II RFP In 2022
The Navy announced it intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) early next year for the design, development and production of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) Block […]
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