Unmanned (All Services)

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The U.S. Fourth Fleet intends to continue using unmanned systems in exercises not to just test them out, but figure out how to fully operationalize them in action, according to […]

The Navy awarded Leidos [LDOS] a $36 million contract modification exercising an option to build, test and deliver four engineering development model Medium Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (MUUV). A year ago, […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has unveiled the design of the new autonomous uncrewed vertical take-off and landing aircraft capable of operating from Navy ships at sea that it will build under […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week published a new solicitation looking for commercial solutions for autonomously navigating Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUV) to aid the Navy in adding […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill would authorize a DoD/U.S. Air Force pilot program for tankers that use artificial intelligence (AI). Under Section 345 of […]

The Navy and Military Sealift Command launched a Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from an expeditionary fast transport ship ahead of a large multinational maritime exercise in Central and […]