Unmanned (All Services)
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Navy/USMCNavy Has Three-Step Approach To Unmanned Vessel Shipbuilding In Long-Term Plans
The Navy is looking at a three-step approach in procuring unmanned vessels in its 30-year long-range shipbuilding plan, service officials said Wednesday. The Navy’s top civilian acquisition official told reporters […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Plan To Eliminate RQ-21A Blackjack Drones
The Marine Corps last week confirmed plans to divest of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the coming years due to relevancy issues. Last year, the Marine Corps […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Says Navy’s Unmanned Vessel Plans Need To Better Plan Out Efforts, Not Estimating All Costs
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Navy needs to better plan its work to create and transition unmanned systems in the future fleet, ranging from better estimating […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins $14 Million MCM USV Production Contract
In a surprise win, the Navy awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $14 million contract on April 8 for production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) over two other […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Textron UAS Flying With Navy Destroyer Now, Second Later This Year
Textron [TXT] said on Monday its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) conducted its first flight and maritime integration with a Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided missile destroyer last month. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Chooses HII For Lionfish SUUV Program
The Navy recently announced it plans to procure the Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) from Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. On March 18, Naval Sea Systems Command issued a presolicitation notice […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And HII Reach R&D Agreement For USV Threat Detection System
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] recently agreed to a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for an autonomous threat tracking […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft Replenishment During Summer Exercise
The Navy is planning to conduct a technology demonstration of a logistical replenishment for the service using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) this summer to inform future development. Naval Air […]
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Navy/USMCOverlord Unmanned Surface Vessels Transferred From SCO to Navy
The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) fully transferred the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV) program to the Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Christens First Snakehead Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
The Navy christened the first Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype on Feb. 2 at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility in Newport, R.I. The event was led by […]
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