Unmanned (All Services)

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 […]

The Secretary of the Navy last week announced the creation of a new Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO) aimed at helping push new technology to the fleet more quickly to help […]

A member of a National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRP) told a congressional panel this week that the Coast Guard has only made partial progress on recommendations it […]

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle reached a Navy declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) on Aug. 3 and the aircraft are back in Guam for another […]

The U.S. 4th Fleet deployed 10 Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) via commercial operators on Sept. 14 as part of a fleet operation. The Navy said these USVs are […]

The Navy is seeking participants for an upcoming 2024 event, called Silent Swarm, that will experiment with using swarming small unmanned systems of all types (UxS) to disrupt an opponent’s […]