Unmanned (All Services)

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its counterparts in the U.K. and Australian governments launched the second annual AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Innovation Challenge this week, this time focused […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense last week announced it received its first new end-to-end autonomous mine hunting vessel, the unmanned surface vessel (USV) RNMB Ariadne. In a March 14 announcement, […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said it recently conducted a field test for a new Scalable Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Solution as part of a set of upcoming events. The […]

The Marine Corps plans to transition its Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) to the major capability acquisition pathway in fiscal year 2027, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester. […]

Saildrone confirmed it has contributed 20 Saildrone Voyage Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to support a recently announced U.S. 4th Fleet anti-drug trafficking mission in the Caribbean Sea. The company said […]

HII [HII] brought its REMUS 620 medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) to the Navy’s UUV Confidence Course in Bangor, Wash., to validate the design and add more operational data, the […]

The maritime startup Seasats launched a second long-run sailing mission of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), this time from San Diego to Japan. The California-based company on Jan. 21 announced […]

The Navy this week issued a  Request for Information (RFI) that aims to increase the number of partners to provide small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […]

The Navy official who focuses on directing the investments for future surface warfare capabilities this week explained his focus on developing a single unmanned surface vessel that could be produced […]

The Navy’s director of Surface Warfare confirmed this week the service is shifting from separate medium and large unmanned surface vessels to a single larger MUSV with both mission payloads […]