Unmanned Systems

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) last week awarded Anduril Industries a nearly $1 billion contract, the company’s largest ever, to act as a systems integrator for the command’s counter-unmanned aircraft […]

The commander of 5th Fleet last week said the Navy is expanding unmanned operations under his command, leading up to the largest unmanned exercise in the world later this month. […]

The Defense Department office assessing systems to defeat drones and also develop the related training and doctrine for the use of these capabilities wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence […]

The Defense Department office assessing systems to defeat drones and also develop the related training and doctrine for the use of these capabilities wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence […]

After successfully introducing a version of its small-class unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) last year that features open architecture and modularity to help meet different customers’ needs, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] […]

The Navy on Tuesday said it successfully completed underwater explosion shock testing (UNDEX) for its newest unmanned minesweeper, the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS). The UISS is an Unmanned Surface […]

Customs and Border Protection has selected five companies to compete for up to $90 million in orders to provide small unmanned aircraft systems for Department of Homeland Security components. The […]

U.S. strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Somalia and Yemen have fallen 54 percent this year–from 951 last year to 439 through Nov. 30 this year, per a new report […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Martin Defense Group to move to Phase 2 of the Manta Ray unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) […]

The Navy successfully controlled the unmanned MQ-25A Stingray tanker aircraft on an aircraft carrier for the first time in non-flight deck handling demonstration tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS George […]