Unmanned Systems

The Navy on Nov. 5 announced its intention to issue a sole source contract to Textron [TXT] to extend Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services aboard […]

BlueHalo on Monday said it has acquired Citadel Defense in a deal that complements its existing capabilities in countering unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) with a family of radio frequency (RF)-based […]

The Navy on Nov. 2 announced an industry day for unmanned systems research and development later this month ahead of a planned contract. “The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division […]

The Navy’s latest future aviation vision plans expects the service to save $300 million annually due to a maintenance effort and leaves out earlier consideration of adding a light carrier […]

There is promise in Navy unmanned systems from capabilities to cost savings, but the Senate Armed Services Committee is wary of putting the “cart ahead of the horse” in various […]

The Navy’s new Middle East-based unmanned integration task force completed its first exercise with U.S. and Bahrain naval forces this week. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New […]

Two Navy Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) temporarily deployed to Japan have returned to their base in Guam, the service said on Oct. 15. The Navy’s […]

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants to bring the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 drones to Grand Sky, N.D. after their retirement […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill expressed skepticism for the speed the Navy is moving to develop a next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) and funding for […]

The Pentagon’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) is evaluating a three-week demonstration held last month of five C-sUAS systems at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. A JCO after […]