Boeing has digitally demonstrated a new open autonomy architecture for MQ-25 from three different aircraft that will allow the US Navy to increase mission effectiveness by integrating manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability at speed and scale.
The US Navy has intercepted an Iranian warship that seized and detained two US unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operated by US 5th Fleet in the Red Sea.
The US Navy’s next-generation subsonic aerial target (SSAT), the BQM-177A, has reached full operational capability during a successful standard missile launch and intercept while participating in Pacific Vanguard 2022 (PV 22) in the Philippine Sea.
American companies Austal USA and Saildrone have entered into a strategic partnership to build autonomous uncrewed surface vehicles.
DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is entering Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, which seeks to build and demonstrate a new medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV). The aim is to build the MUSV that can go to sea and perform missions with unprecedented rel
US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has hired science and technology company Leidos to design and build a medium-sized unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) under a contract worth approximately $358 million. The subsea vehicle will support intelligence preparation of the operational environment by provi
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Fire Scout, the US Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, has completed operations under the expeditionary advance base operations (EABO) concept.
A US Navy team led by NUWC Division Newport staff demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility on 21 July.
The US Navy has hired six defense companies for continued studies of a large unmanned surface vessel (USV) design.
The world’s largest international maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 concluded on 4 August following more than a month of realistic, relevant combined operations training conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.
The unmanned influence sweep system (UISS), a component of the US Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has achieved initial operating capability (IOC).
The US Navy has demonstrated a mine countermeasure (MCM) prototype technology aboard the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, proving a capability that could allow the warfighter to rapidly detect and respond to threats.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron company, has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to provide continued UAS operations support for the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4).
The US Navy’s Pacific Fleet (CNSP) established Unmanned Surface Vessel Division (USVDIV) One during a ceremony held on 13 May.
