unmanned systems
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Navy/USMCLatest MCM USV Order To Bollinger Covers Four More Vehicles
Bollinger Shipyards this week announced the most recent Navy order for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) covers four more vehicles, bringing the current total under contract to seven. […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Report Details MQ-25 Costs-Schedule Delays Due To Manufacturing Issues
A newly released Defense Department report said the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker average unit procurement costs have increased due to delays in the engineering and manufacturing development […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Finishes First XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Flight
The Marine Corps recently conducted the first flight test of the Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous low-cost unmanned air vehicle in support of a program that […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Has Made Partial Progress On 2020 Unmanned Recommendations, Board Member Says
A member of a National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRP) told a congressional panel this week that the Coast Guard has only made partial progress on recommendations it […]
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Navy/USMC4th Fleet Starts Using 10 Saildrone USVs In Long-Term Operation Test
The U.S. 4th Fleet deployed 10 Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) via commercial operators on Sept. 14 as part of a fleet operation. The Navy said these USVs are […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Participants For ‘Silent Swarm’ Electromagnetic Spectrum Experiment
The Navy is seeking participants for an upcoming 2024 event, called Silent Swarm, that will experiment with using swarming small unmanned systems of all types (UxS) to disrupt an opponent’s […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Look To Sea-Launched Loitering Munitions
A top Marine Corps official recently said the service is looking to deploy loitering munitions off on unmanned vessels, but the capability has not been tested yet. Speaking during the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines To Soon Test Robotic Vessel To Resupply Missiles To Shore
A top Marine Corps official Wednesday said that early next year the service plans to test an autonomous vessel moving a few Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) to shore to reload […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Says MEDUSA Mining UUV RFP To Be Issued This Month
The Navy on Thursday said it aims to issue an open competitive solicitation for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) in the fourth quarter […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Pacific SCOUT Tech Experimentation Solutions
The Department of Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking industry participants in a series of experiments to help the U.S. Pacific Fleet perform various missions better using unmanned […]
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