Unmanned (All Services)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully completed its anti-submarine unmanned vessel program and officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, called the Sea Hunter, to the Office of Naval […]

Textron [TXT] and the U.S. Navy have agreed to develop and integrate new offensive and other payloads on the company’s unmanned surface vehicle, the company told Defense Daily in an […]

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 […]