Unmanned (All Services)

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) for industry information on potential sources for a short range Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)-capable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) […]

The Navy issued a market survey late last month for information on sources able to provide support to integrate new technologies and applications onto the Ocean Aero Triton Autonomous Underwater […]

Task Force 59 (TF-59) tested live fire exercises with manned-unmanned teaming via the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) in the Persian Gulf, the Navy said this week. This […]

Australia hosted the other two AUKUS partners in an exercise of unmanned undersea warfare technology, the Pentagon said Monday.  The U.S. Defense Department said this event was explicitly part of […]

The Navy issued a sources sought/Request for Information (RFI) notice for industry feedback on potential specifications of the future Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV). The notice, published Nov. 4, is […]

Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59 tested the combat capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) with the first live fire exercises in the Persian Gulf last month, the service […]

The Italian corporations Fincantieri and Leonardo said recently they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop systems to help protect underwater infrastructure. The companies said the Oct. 27 MoU […]

Bollinger Shipyards this week announced the most recent Navy order for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) covers four more vehicles, bringing the current total under contract to seven. […]

The Navy recently awarded HII [HII] a Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) contract potentially worth up to $347 million over five years. Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Oct. […]

The Marine Corps recently conducted the first flight test of the Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous low-cost unmanned air vehicle in support of a program that […]