Unmanned (All Services)

The Navy’s five Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) are planned to carry a large payload module once it is active and the service is also buying a sixth […]

The Navy’s Unmanned Task Force (UTF) has spent its first months developing a sort of venture capital model to choose promising technologies useful for warfighter problems that can be delivered […]

The Navy last month issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on developing systems for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and […]

Anduril Industries said this week it is partnering with the Australian Defense Force on a $100 million effort for Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) for the Royal Australian Navy. […]

The Chief of Naval Operations on Thursday said he was unsure if the future force would need a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel at all and separately explained why the fiscal […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]