Pentagon Calls for New Class of Large Autonomous Undersea Vessels
The Defense Innovation Unit has released a solicitation for the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform, a large unmanned underwater vessel capable…
Houthi Lethal Underwater Drones Adds New Threat to Red Sea
Merchant ships and warships in the Red Sea have been under frequent attacks from anti-ship cruise missiles, anti-ship ballistic missiles,…
Japan Issues Military Equipment Wishlist That Includes Hypersonic Weapons, Unmanned Systems
Japan’s Ministry of Defense this week issued a document detailing new military equipment it’s developing, with rationales and status updates…
Document: Department of the Navy Unmanned Campaign Framework
The following is the March 16, 2021, Department of the Navy Unmanned Campaign Framework.…
Navy Will Test Swarming Underwater Drones in Summer Exercise
Swarming drones, submersible vehicles and other unmanned technologies geared to operations at sea will hit the water this summer for…
Navy’s Knifefish Unmanned Mine Hunter Passes Sea Acceptance Testing
The Navy’s Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle, a key component of the Littoral Combat Ship’s mine-hunting capability, successfully completed sea acceptance…
Document: NAVSEA SNA 2018 Briefing on Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Programs
The following are the Naval Sea Systems Command briefing on Unmanned Underwater Vehicle programs from last week’s Surface Navy Association 2018 symposium.…
DARPA, BAE Systems Developing Small Unmanned Underwater Vehicles to Hunt Enemy Submarines
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded BAE Systems a $4.6 million contract for an unmanned underwater vehicle that…
CNO Greenert: ‘Cyber Theft is Hemorrhaging Us’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The theft of American high tech intellectual property from U.S. defense contractors is major continued technological concern…
Document: Pentagon’s Unmanned Systems Roadmap
The following is from the Department of Defense’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2038. Unmanned systems continue…