Unmanned (All Services)
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Unmanned SystemsNavy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV Achieves IOC, Back For Second Deployment
The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle reached a Navy declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) on Aug. 3 and the aircraft are back in Guam for another […]
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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 Plans Industry Event To Explain Unmanned Aircraft Needs
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 […]
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Navy/USMCFourth Fleet Means To ‘Operationalize’ Unmanned Systems For Months At A Time
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 […]
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Navy/USMCLeidos Nabs $36 Million Mod To Build Four MUUVs
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, […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Unveils DARPA Shipboard Drone Concept for Navy Tactical Missions
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 […]