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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders Want More Industry Entrants, Potentially Multiple Vendors Per Program
Navy leadership this week emphasized the need for the Pentagon to move faster and deliver more capability includes using new entrants and potentially using multiple vendors for munitions programs. Newly […]
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Navy/USMCAnduril Adds Edison Chouest Offshore For MUSV Production In The U.S.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.—Anduril Industries, which last fall announced a partnership with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to design and develop autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) to meet requirements of the U.S. Navy, […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Razorback UUV Launched From French Sub
The U.S. and French navies recently demonstrated interoperability by launching a U.S. Razorback Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) from a French nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). In the operation, a French Suffren-class […]
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Navy/USMCCaudle Sees Frustration In Navy MUSV Changes, Previews Containerization Plan
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Tuesday acknowledged industry’s frustration with changing Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) plans after the latest switch from the Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) […]
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Navy Changes MUSV Plans Again, Cancelling MASC And Switches To Marketplace Family Of Systems Approach
The Navy’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (PAE RAS) on Thursday announced it was cancelling the Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) medium-sized Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program […]
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Navy/USMCAnduril Nabs First Spot In DIU’s XLUUV Prototype Effort, Aims To Avoid Orca Pitfalls
Anduril Industries on Thursday announced it was selected for the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform Project (CAMP) and will begin a long-duration demonstration of its Dive-XL autonomous […]
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Navy/USMCDIU Seeks Larger Capacity Autonomous Low Profile Sea Vehicles For Shore Resupply
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has issued a new solicitation seeking more solutions for larger capacity Autonomous Low Profile Vehicles (ALPV) that can help resupply forces ashore in contested environments. […]
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Navy/USMCSub Forces Commander Pushes To Maintain SSN(X) Support, Continue Unmanned Development To Keep Advantage Over China
The commander of Naval Submarine Forces on Monday argued it is “critically important” the government continues supporting the SSN(X) next generation nuclear-powered attack submarine program to maintain its advantage over […]
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InternationalU.S. Confirms First Combat Use Of Low-Cost, One-Way Attack Drones In Iran Strikes
U.S. Central Command has confirmed it used low-cost one-way attack drones in combat for the first time as part of Saturday’s military strikes on Iran. The drones were employed by […]
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Navy/USMCSpending Plan Outlines How Navy Seeks To Expand UUV Production, Confirms Shift Away From Orca XLUUV
A Pentagon plan submitted to Congress outlining how it will spend funds from the 2025 reconciliation bill includes details on how it will expand production of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) […]
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