unmanned systems

Leidos [LDOS] finished the delivery of the Seahawk autonomous medium displacement unmanned surface vehicle (MDUSV) to the Navy, the company announced April 7. The company built the vessel via a […]

In an upcoming April exercise known as a fleet battle problem, the Navy plans to use a Zumwalt-class destroyer to command and control both manned and unmanned forces to operate […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] Mission Systems business unit announced last Thursday it delivered the first Knifefish surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) system to the Navy. The company told Defense […]

The Navy and Marine Corps released the unclassified version of a new framework strategy to develop capabilities that can work across various unmanned platforms. The new plan, called the “Unmanned […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for Phase 1 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program to design an unmanned ship concept, the company […]

The Naval Air Force Atlantic conducted a test of the Blue Water maritime logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) on Feb. 21, the service said Monday. The Blue Water UAS is […]

The head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee said Congress wants to see more prototyping and testing of larger unmanned vessels before they will fully fund […]

Top Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] officials Thursday said the company is committed to unmanned systems going forward in addition to traditional manned ships. During a quarterly earnings call Feb. 11, […]

The commandant of the Marine Corps this week said unmanned teaming and increased artificial intelligence (AI) is needed to maintain superiority over China in the future. “I’m a believer in […]

The Navy program manager for unmanned systems said new unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will have a range of manning as they are being developed. “Our Medium USV [MUSV] prototype is […]