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
History was made as the first ever drone delivery to a submarine at sea was achieved.
The international unmanned maritime systems experimentation exercise hosted by the Portuguese Navy concluded in waters near Lisbon, Portugal, on September 27. Named Recognized Environmental Picture augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS), the exercise was attended by US, European Navy and N
US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4) spent three days in the Chesapeake Bay testing an anti-mine system developed for the littoral combat ships. T-ESB 4 used the littoral combat ship mine countermeasure (MCM) mission package portable control station to
Massachusetts-based Hydroid Inc has received a $52.3 million contract modification to increase the ceiling for production support for the MK 18 family of unmanned underwater vehicle systems. The latest modification brings the cumulative value of this contract, if all options are exercised, to $100.1
