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The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its counterparts in the U.K. and Australian governments launched the second annual AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Innovation Challenge this week, this time focused […]

The maritime startup Seasats launched a second long-run sailing mission of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), this time from San Diego to Japan. The California-based company on Jan. 21 announced […]

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the  […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week announced that earlier this year it awarded three contracts for vendors to build a database that allows unmanned systems to operate in disconnected […]

The final Navy Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel, the Vanguard (OUSV3), was recently launched from shipbuilder Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., the Navy said on Jan. 11. The Vanguard is being […]

The Navy recently awarded HII [HII] a Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) contract potentially worth up to $347 million over five years. Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Oct. […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added two drones by Inspired Flight to a list of small unmanned aircraft cleared to fly in DoD airspace without filing an exemption. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the new Navy future fleet plan calls for over 500 manned and unmanned ships by 2045, including more attack submarines, adding light aircraft carriers […]