Unmanned (All Services)
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InternationalAnduril Partners With Australia On Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
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. […]
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UncategorizedCNO Unsure If Navy Will Need MUSVs, Explains Retiring Ground-Based Growlers
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 […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy 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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