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DIU Plus UK and Australian Partners Launch Second AUKUS Innovation Challenge

Rich Abott — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:58:08 +0000

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its counterparts in the U.K. and Australian governments launched the second annual AUKUS Pillar II Maritime Innovation Challenge this week, this time focused […]

Seasats Starts Second Trans-Oceanic Unmanned Vehicle Voyage

Rich Abott — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:57:48 +0000

The maritime startup Seasats launched a second long-run sailing mission of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), this time from San Diego to Japan. The California-based company on Jan. 21 announced […]

Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station

Rich Abott — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:12:33 +0000

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the […]

DIU Awarded Three Prototype Contracts For Uncrewed Ops

Rich Abott — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:12:17 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week announced that earlier this year it awarded three contracts for vendors to build a database that allows unmanned systems to operate in disconnected […]

Austal USA Launches Fourth Navy Overlord USV

Rich Abott — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:50:26 +0000

The final Navy Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel, the Vanguard (OUSV3), was recently launched from shipbuilder Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., the Navy said on Jan. 11. The Vanguard is being […]

HII Lionfish UUV Contract Worth Up To $347 Million For 200 Systems

Rich Abott — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:42:39 +0000

The Navy recently awarded HII [HII] a Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) contract potentially worth up to $347 million over five years. Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Oct. […]

Defense Innovation Adds Inspired Flight UAS to List of Small Drones Cleared to Fly in DoD Airspace Without Exemption

Frank Wolfe — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:17:28 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added two drones by Inspired Flight to a list of small unmanned aircraft cleared to fly in DoD airspace without filing an exemption. The […]

Navy Issues RFP For Snakehead LDUUV

Rich Abott — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:04:02 +0000

The Navy released the request for proposals (RFP) for the design, development and fabrication of the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) on Dec. 23. The service said it […]

HII Delivers Remus 100 UUVs To Germany

Rich Abott — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:42:23 +0000

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] delivered additional Remus 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to the Germany Navy, the company said Monday. The Remus 100 is a man-portable UUV designed to operate […]

Esper Outlines Plan For 500-Ship Fleet By 2045

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:01:39 +0000

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the new Navy future fleet plan calls for over 500 manned and unmanned ships by 2045, including more attack submarines, adding light aircraft carriers […]

Navy Pushes To 30-Day USV Transits in FY 2021 Plans

Rich Abott — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:49:21 +0000

The Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) said the service is pushing toward 30-day unmanned surface vehicle (USV) transits while laying out his fiscal year 2021 […]

Moton Lays Out PEO USC FY ’21 Priorities

Rich Abott — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:38:18 +0000

This week the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) laid out its fiscal year 2021 priorities and plans as the fiscal year changeover began. Rear Adm. […]

BAE Unveils New Medium UUV

Rich Abott — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:05:00 +0000

BAE Systems this week unveiled its latest unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the medium-sized Riptide UUV-12. This is the first new BAE UUV the company made public since it acquired the […]