EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon reveals 5 more funded RDER projects, including a top Marine priority

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon reveals 5 more funded RDER projects, including a top Marine priority
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon reveals 5 more funded RDER projects, including a top Marine priority

The Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve, brainchild of Pentagon CTO Heidi Shyu, has funded low-profile but high-value niche technologies the services couldn’t or wouldn’t, from robot boats to a multi-domain targeting node.

‘One pane’: Navy seeks standardized C2, data-sharing for unmanned systems

‘One pane’: Navy seeks standardized C2, data-sharing for unmanned systems
‘One pane’: Navy seeks standardized C2, data-sharing for unmanned systems

With ever-larger numbers of drones, unmanned submersibles and robot boats, said 4th Fleet Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, “what we didn’t realize was the volume of data we were going to get at headquarters.”

Qatari shipbuilder joins forces with L3Harris, debuts Suhail USV at DIMDEX 2024

Qatari shipbuilder joins forces with L3Harris, debuts Suhail USV at DIMDEX 2024
Qatari shipbuilder joins forces with L3Harris, debuts Suhail USV at DIMDEX 2024

Performance Marine Chairman Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani told Breaking Defense that Suhail is the first fully autonomous USV completely built in Doha.

Turkish firms unveil suite of indigenous naval weapons at IDEF 2023

Turkish firms unveil suite of indigenous naval weapons at IDEF 2023
Turkish firms unveil suite of indigenous naval weapons at IDEF 2023

Three major Turkish firms used IDEF to unveil new naval capabilities at the international expo in Istanbul.