Unmanned (All Services)
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Navy/USMCBoeing Wins $43 Million Contract To Build Four Orca XLUUVs
San Diego — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Boeing [BA] a $43 million contract modification to build four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs), according to a contract announcement. […]
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Navy/USMCGD: Increasing Unmanned Sub Autonomy Will Change Mission Profiles
General Dynamics [GD] is looking at how it can gradually add more autonomy to unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), adding capability and eventually changing the mission profiles. General Dynamics produces several […]
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Navy/USMC
Two LCS MCM Programs Finish Integration Tests
The Navy successfully finished shipboard integration testing of the Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) on board the USS Independence (LCS-2) on Jan. 14, Naval […]
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Homeland SecurityDEA: Drone Drug Smuggling Likely to Increase, Defying Potential Border Wall
Part of the White House argument for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border with Mexico has been that a barrier will impede the flow of drugs into the United […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBell Unveils Ducted-Fan, Hybrid Electric Vertical Flight Vehicle
Bell [TXT] plans to have a fully-autonomous capable, ducted-fan driven, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle flying the mid-2020s. It’s name is Nexus and it could be the air […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAfter Gatwick, Government Agencies Weigh Tracking and Defeat Technology For Small Drones
As airports and governments step up their efforts to track unmanned aircraft and deter their disruption of commercial air operations, the FAA is hinting that automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems […]
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Navy/USMC
NAVSEA Developing New MCM Unmanned Vessel
Annapolis, Md. — Last week Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) got the Pentagon’s approval to develop a new common mine countermeasures (MCM) unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The Navy is looking […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leadership To See Draft FSA Next Month, Unmanned A Priority
The undersecretary of the Navy said the service’s leadership should be getting a draft of the next Force Structure Assessment (FSA) in November. Then the Navy leaders will have a […]
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Unmanned SystemsBell Moving to Scale Up Autonomous Delivery Drones for U.S. Military
Bell [TXT] is developing the scalability and flight control software of its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) family of vehicles to meet U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army requirements, […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Reveals New Vanguard Modular Radar
Last week Northrop Grumman [NOC] unveiled its new Vanguard multi-function, modular, open architecture radar system, touting its flexibility to scale up and apply to a plethora of platforms. Vanguard consists […]