Navy Pushing to Maintain 2023 USV Program of Record Timeline
Several Navy program officials and resource sponsors today outlined how they’ll spend the next couple years giving Congress enough confidence…
Textron’s Common USV Ready for Production, Experimenting with Lethal Surface Warfare Payloads
ARLINGTON, Va. – Even as Textron is awaiting a decision to move from development of its Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface…
The State of LCS: Navy Moving to Add Firepower, Capability to Both Classes
This is the second of a two-part series on the current state of the Littoral Combat Ship program. This post…
Navy Issues Draft Request for Proposal for Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle
The Navy has put a call out to industry to send in ideas for its planned fleet of corvette-sized unmanned…
Navy Planning Aggressive Unmanned Ship Prototyping, Acquisition Effort
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy has tightly coupled early prototyping efforts and future acquisition efforts for medium and large…
Navy to Field ‘Optionally Unmanned’ Vessels to Supplement Future Surface Combatant
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy’s Future Surface Combatant will likely include both an unmanned and an optionally unmanned surface vessel…
Navy Racing to Test, Field Unmanned Maritime Vehicles for Future Ships
With unmanned vehicles integral to the future of the Littoral Combat Ship, the Future Surface Combatant and the next-generation SSN(X)…
Opinion: LCS Ready Today to Support Tomorrow’s Automated Warfare Systems
The path to a 350-ship fleet supported by President-elect Donald Trump will not be any easy one in the face…
Textron’s CUSV In Production As Minesweeping Vehicle, May Take On Minehunting Soon
Textron’s Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) program has moved into the production phase and will begin delivering its minesweeping capability…