New Torpedo Tube-launched Drones Will Turn U.S. Attack Sub Fleet into ‘UUV Motherships,’ Says Navy
ARLINGTON, Va. – In the near future, the U.S. nuclear attack submarine fleet will be able to launch and recover…
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…
Navy Hopes to Deploy its Early Razorback UUVs Soon Even As Development Continues on Updated Capability
The Navy plans to deploy the early models of its Razorback medium-sized unmanned underwater “as soon as we can” even…
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…
Common Standards, Software Key to Navy’s Future Unmanned Systems
The Navy is crafting common unmanned system enablers like autonomy, network standards and control stations that would fall outside individual…
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…
Navy Autonomy Lab Would Test, Integrate Software Advances to Bring More Capability to Unmanned Fleet
The Navy is kicking off a pilot program for an autonomy lab that would eventually help test and integrate new…
Navy, Industry Pursuing Autonomy Software, Reliable HM&E Systems for Unmanned Ships
ARLINGTON, Va. – As the Navy moves forward with unmanned surface and undersea vessels in a range of sizes for…