Unmanned (All Services)

The Navy’s new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (RD&A) James Geurts last week emphasized the importance of open architectures in acquisition for the Navy. While […]

The Marine Corps will take over testing of an autonomous UH-1 Huey after a successful final test of the robotic aircraft on Dec. 13 in which it demonstrated the ability […]

A Boeing [BA] executive told reporters on Wednesday that he is “really excited about Aurora” Flight Sciences joining the company and confirmed the company is still in the MQ-25 unmanned […]

General Dyanimcs [GD] completed contractor trials for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish mine countermeasure (MCM) unmanned undersea vessel (UUV), the company said Thursday. In tests managed by GD off the coast […]

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) released the final request for proposals (RFP) for the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aircraft system (UAS) tanker to four main competitors on Oct. 4, the […]

The U.S. Navy’s AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) system airborne mine detection system has achieved initial operational capability (IOC), the service said Tuesday. COBRA is a sensor payload […]

The Army has awarded Leonardo DRS a contract to fulfill an urgent operational need to protect soldiers from enemy unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The $42 million contract for counter-UAS capability […]

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA] Phase I contracts for design efforts of the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Vehicle (XLUUV), the Defense Department […]

Several of the technologies pitched to the Marine Corps during a recent exercise in California will have a chance to make it to the big leagues when they join a […]

The Navy, along with a team of industry partners, is demonstrating autonomous technologies in a contested environment during the annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) this week. The Naval Surface […]