
US-based designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels Bollinger Shipyards has received a contract from the US Navy for the production of the mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicle (MCM USV).

Global engineering and defense technologies provider Huntington Ingalls Industries has revealed that its unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) REMUS 300 was selected as the US Navy’s next-generation small UUV (SUUV) program of record.

A US Navy team led by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) conducted a vehicle christening for the first Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype on 2 February.

American multinational aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman has delivered the first Production IFC-4 Triton to the US Navy.

Kongsberg Geospatial has successfully conducted sea trials of the Shield AI V-BAT unmanned aerial system (UAS) on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, operating from a small cargo vessel far offshore in international waters.

Underwater explosion (UNDEX) shock testing on the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a component of the US Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has been conducted, the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) informed.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft carrier.

DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has awarded Phase 2 contracts to build and test concepts for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in a project named Manta Ray.

US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan on 12 December.

Aircraft manufacturer PteroDynamics has secured a contract to deliver three vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) program.

KBR has won a $92.6 million contract to perform engineering, integration and sustainment services on counter unmanned air systems (C-UAS) for the Combat Integration & Identification Systems unit within the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy.

One marine has been pronounced dead, while eight service members remain missing and are presumed dead after an amphibious assault vehicle with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit suffered a “mishap” on Thursday, July 30, off the Southern California coast. 15 Marines and one sailor were inside the veh

The US Navy’s amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 in the Pacific on May 16. LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system demonstrat