Unmanned (All Services)

HII [HII] and Ocean Aero announced the start of a strategic agreement that seeks to advance capabilities of both companies’ unmanned maritime platforms and autonomous software solutions, respectively. Following the […]

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command started the largest maritime exercises in the Middle East on Sunday, International Maritime Exercise (IMX) and Cutlass Express (CE) 2023.  The CE23 portion of the […]

Austal USA delivered the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13) to the Navy on Feb. 16. Delivery followed after the ship previously completed acceptance trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype […]

A Navy solicitation showed the service is testing systems that can be used for an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) mine sweeping swarm capability. According to the solicitation, posted Feb. 10, […]

The Navy said on Feb. 3 that production of the MK 18 Mod 2 Kingfish Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) program of record has completed. MK 18 Mod 2 production started […]

The Navy issued a notice on Jan. 31 announcing a three-day long industry day focused on opportunities in unmanned surface and undersea vessels (USVs and UUVs, respectively), in accordance with […]

The Navy plans to hold a virtual industry day on Feb. 23 as it seeks to use contractor owned,  contractor operated (COCO) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance and […]

Experiments with Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) have helped push the Navy to more securely see the value in the vessels as “advantageous” going forward, a service officer said last […]

The Navy awarded Kratos [KTOS] a $15.5 million contract on Dec. 30 to procure two XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth unmanned aerial systems (UASs) following years of Air Force testing. The cost-plus-fixed-fee […]

The final fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill allowed the Navy to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, but urged prioritization in using commercial alternatives. The […]