The Navy is planning to host a workshop in February with industry and academia to explore and better understand the state of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system capabilities and identify areas for additional research. According to a request for information (RFI) released on Nov. 30, the Unmanned ...
Unmanned Systems
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2022 budget requested the buy of 91 manned aircraft, yet a new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report suggests that the service will need to ramp up its buy of inexpensive drones and realize significant cost savings in existing and future ...
California-based Yates Electrospace Corp. is to develop modifications of its Silent Arrow glider under an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract for swarm deployments at high speeds and altitudes, the company said on Nov. 29. The contract, “Guided Bundle Derivative of Silent Arrow® ...
Among the U.S. Air Force’s top modernization priorities will be the integration of autonomous systems to counter high-tech potential adversaries, China and Russia, Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones said on Nov. 30. “Certainly, there are lots of opportunities when it comes to ...
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a Dynamic Mission Operations (DYNAMO) software update contract to allow “dynamic inflight rerouting” of the company’s RQ-4B Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman said on Nov. 22. “The DYNAMO flexible mission planning capability ...
The Navy Department is preparing to host a new set of unmanned prize challenge competitions Nov. 16 -19 it advertises as “Blue Angles for geeks,” that aims to help accelerate discovery and teambuilding among the service, industry and academia concerning unmanned and autonomous vehicles. The ...