unmanned systems
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Navy/USMC5th Fleet Commander Details 100 USV Middle East Plan For 2023
The commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet recently detailed how the U.S. Navy and its allies in the Middle East are planning to collectively have 100 unmanned surface vessels (USVs) […]
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Navy/USMCKaman Chosen To Build Prototype Marine Corps Logistics Drone
Kaman Corp. [KAMN] said on Oct. 10 that it was chosen to build a prototype logistics Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for the Marine Corps based on its commercial KARGO UAV […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Wins $47 Million Contract To Start First MQ-25 LRIP
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $47 million advance acquisition contract on Sept. 28 to prepare to build and deliver the low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Finds Navy’s XLUUVs Years Behind Schedule And Over Budget
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Wednesday found the Navy’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program is at least three years late and 64 percent more expensive […]
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Navy/USMCONR Tests Unmanned Technologies To Help Find Illicit Maritime Cargo
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the SCOUT initiative and recently conducted an experiment to figure out how to better detect illicit maritime cargo and drug-running using unmanned […]
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Unmanned SystemsGeneral Atomics Conducts Autonomous AI Flight With MQ-20A
General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a completely autonomous flight test using an artificial intelligence (AI) pilot on an MQ-20A Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on Sept. 12, the […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers Three New REMUS 100 UUVs To U.K.
HII this week said it delivered three new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the U.K. Royal Navy earlier this year. The new UUVs come after the U.K. Ministry […]
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Navy/USMCBerger: Marine’s LRUSVs “Primarily” For ISR, Unmanned For Logistics
The Commandant of the Marine Corps last week said the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) the service is developing will primarily act as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) […]
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Navy/USMCLuria Downplays Importance Of USVs
A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee recently said while she sees some utility in unmanned surface vessels (USVs), she does not see a big place for them […]
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Navy/USMCEPF-13 Finishes Acceptance And Unmanned Prototype Trials
The future Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) successfully finished Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials, the Navy said on Sept. 9. Whereas the acceptance trials […]
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