Unmanned (All Services)
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Policy Discussions on Future Use of Autonomous Weapons Likely
As the U.S. Army recruits the other military services to participate with their systems in next year’s Project Convergence exercise to showcase significantly contracted sensor-to-shooter timelines through artificial intelligence (AI), […]
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Navy/USMC
CNO: Unmanned Ships To Fill ISR Gaps
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the unmanned vessels planned in the Navy’s new future fleet plan will help fill in gaps in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and […]
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Navy/USMC
Moton Lays Out PEO USC FY ’21 Priorities
This week the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) laid out its fiscal year 2021 priorities and plans as the fiscal year changeover began. Rear Adm. […]
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Navy/USMC
BAE Unveils New Medium UUV
BAE Systems this week unveiled its latest unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the medium-sized Riptide UUV-12. This is the first new BAE UUV the company made public since it acquired the […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines To Operate Armed MQ-9 Reaper In ‘Coming Months’
A Navy official said the Marine Corps is due to start operating an armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) within months. “Last year, in response to an urgent need […]
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Navy/USMC
Official: Integration Will Make New Navy Unmanned Systems More Cost-Effective
The Navy’s top acquisition official said the Navy will be ale to pay for the new unmanned systems in part by gaining efficiencies across platforms to tie unmanned plans and […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Navy Plans 2021 Unmanned Fleet Battle Problem In Pacific
The U.S. Pacific Fleet plans to conduct an exercise focused on unmanned systems in early 2021, a Navy official confirmed Tuesday. “We’re shooting for early 2021 to be able to […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Officials Lay Out Navy Unmanned Campaign Plan
A Navy official on Tuesday explained the service’s unmanned campaign plan to build a centralized management and leadership of technologies supporting all unmanned platforms. The plan, directed by the Chief […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Navy Unveils Autonomy Integration Project For Unmanned Vessels
Navy officials unveiled a new prototyping effort Tuesday to integrate sensors and payloads into a single unmanned maritime project, the Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL). RAIL is being led by […]
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Navy/USMC
Geurts Confident Navy And Hill Can Work Out USV Balance
The Navy’s top acquisition official said he thinks the Navy will work out unmanned vessel development disagreements with Congress and said they have to strike the right balance on development […]