Unmanned (All Services)

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 […]

Two Biden administration officials this week said there is a “huge potential” to expand AUKUS Pillar Two technology sharing and cooperation in the future. While the U.S., U.K. and Australian […]

The Navy recently issued a sources sought notice conducting market research for potentially using up to 10 “long dwell” Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), similar to the Saildrone vessels currently being […]

The three AUKUS partner countries recently tested artificial drone intelligence (AI) and autonomy systems in a swarm setting as part of the non-submarine parts of the tripartite collaboration. The U.K. […]

The Navy’s second Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) is focused on integrated unmanned systems together rather than working with crewed platforms, a Navy official said this week. U.S. […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) last week revealed its new BlueWhale unmanned autonomous submarine geared for intelligence-gathering operations. The company said the vehicle has conducted thousands of hours of submerged and […]