Unmanned (All Services)

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) FY 2021 defense authorization bill largely follows the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but adds long lead funding for other vessels and restricts acquisition for unmanned […]

Elbit Systems [ESLT] on Monday said its Seagull Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) finished a set of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) trials with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) last October. […]

The Navy issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on May 22 for Combat System (CS) Ship Integration and Test (SI&T) for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles […]

The Navy released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) on May 21. According to a May 22 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) statement, this […]

The Navy said it plans to host virtual industry days on June 16-17 to brief industry on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program. A May 21 notice to […]

The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) May 15 looking into sources for specific 40mm grenades to be used in counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS). The RFI notice, posted to […]

The Navy on Wednesday said it intends to hold two virtual industry days later this month for the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV). A Navy update to its […]

The Navy recently started flight tests of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar. Flight testing began Feb. 27 but builder Northrop Grumman [NOC] disclosed the […]

The nominee to be Secretary of the Navy told lawmakers unmanned vessels could provide ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability and take some of the onus off of existing Aegis DDG-51 […]

The Navy’s Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) granted the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Milestone C, setting up low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the system, […]