Unmanned (All Services)
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Testing Long-Range UAS Cargo Prototype
The Naval Air Force Atlantic conducted a test of the Blue Water maritime logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) on Feb. 21, the service said Monday. The Blue Water UAS is […]
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Navy/USMCCourtney Wants More Unmanned Vessel Answers Before Full Production
The head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee said Congress wants to see more prototyping and testing of larger unmanned vessels before they will fully fund […]
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Navy/USMCHII Says Committed To Unmanned Systems
Top Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] officials Thursday said the company is committed to unmanned systems going forward in addition to traditional manned ships. During a quarterly earnings call Feb. 11, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy USVs Will Have Range In Manning
The Navy program manager for unmanned systems said new unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will have a range of manning as they are being developed. “Our Medium USV [MUSV] prototype is […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Campaign Plan To Be Released Within Weeks
A new Navy campaign plan that combines all unmanned system development is expected to be released within “just a few weeks,” the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) said Monday. This […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Issues RFP For Snakehead LDUUV
The Navy released the request for proposals (RFP) for the design, development and fabrication of the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) on Dec. 23. The service said it […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers Remus 100 UUVs To Germany
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] delivered additional Remus 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to the Germany Navy, the company said Monday. The Remus 100 is a man-portable UUV designed to operate […]
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Navy/USMCSLUAS Providing ‘Awesome Capability’ To Submarines
A Navy official said they have now developed and demonstrated the utility of a submarine-launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS) to help target torpedoes. The Navy used authorities under a middle […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing UAS For Ship Cargo Resupply
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) acquired a logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) prototype in October to demonstrate long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport and it is […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPolicy Discussions on Future Use of Autonomous Weapons Likely
As the U.S. Army recruits the other military services to participate with their systems in next year’s Project Convergence exercise to showcase significantly contracted sensor-to-shooter timelines through artificial intelligence (AI), […]