unmanned aircraft

The commandant of the Marine Corps Tuesday said the service’s MQ-9 Reaper drones have an electronic warfare pod that makes it “mostly undetectable” to opponent radars. “What they bring with […]

The Navy issued a sources sought notice last week to find potential vendors to build and support more Submarine Launch Unmanned Aerial System (SLUAS) All-Up-Rounds (AUR). The SLUAS UAR program, […]

The Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a $657 million modification to the MQ-25 contract on March 29 to add production and delivery of two more system demonstration test aircraft (SDTA). This […]

BAE Systems said Monday it won a Boeing [BA] contract to upgrade and modernize the vehicle management system computer (VMSC) for the carrier-based MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aircraft refueler. The upgraded […]

The Navy pushed back its timeline for the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft after the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG) warned the current […]

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle reached a Navy declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) on Aug. 3 and the aircraft are back in Guam for another […]

The Navy said its Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO(U&W)) will hold an industry event in late September to help industry learn about the service’s unmanned […]

Production challenges have pushed the initial operational capability (IOC) of the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker back a year to 2026, a program executive said last week. Speaking during […]

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $248 million modification to procure two more low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 5 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The Navy is procuring […]

Textron [TXT] said on Monday its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) conducted its first flight and maritime integration with a Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided missile destroyer last month. […]