USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 11, 2022
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Top Stories 2021: U.S. Navy Acquisition
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021.…
Unmanned Systems, Passive Sensors Help USS John Finn Bullseye Target With SM-6
Using a blend of information from unmanned and manned ships and aircraft, a guided-missile destroyer launched an anti-surface missile from…
Fleet Exercise Includes Live Missile Shoot as Navy Pairs Crews With Unmanned Systems
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Off the southern California coast this week, the Navy has amassed a small fleet to help…
Navy Kicks Off First Fleet Exercise Focused On Role of Unmanned Systems
The Navy today kicked off its first-ever exercise using manned and unmanned systems together in the air and the sea,…
Navy Developing Land-Based Unmanned Vehicle Testing Sites as Early Design Work Continues
The Navy is making arrangements for land-based testing of its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel prototype and eyeing similar plans for…
Navy Takes Delivery of Sea Hawk Unmanned Vessel
This post has been updated to correct the builder of the Sea Hunter platform for DARPA. A second medium-sized unmanned…
Zumwalt Destroyer Will Control Unmanned Ships, Aircraft in Upcoming Fleet Battle Problem
The Navy will get a first glimpse of what future operations could look like, when a Zumwalt-class destroyer manages long-range…
Leidos Moves to Buy Gibbs & Cox in $380M Deal
Defense contractor Leidos is making a bid to buy the almost hundred-year-old ship design firm Gibbs & Cox in a…
Navy to Expand Land-Based Testing for Unmanned Vessels, Conduct Offensive Firepower Analysis for USVs
A longstanding slogan for the best use of unmanned systems is to perform “dull, dirty and dangerous” missions instead of…