Anduril self-funds robot submarine testing to court US customers

Anduril self-funds robot submarine testing to court US customers
Anduril self-funds robot submarine testing to court US customers

“What we have been able to do with the Australian navy has begun to make believers” in robotic submarine technology, said Anduril Chief Strategy Officer Chris Brose.

HII underwater drones buzz Buzzards Bay as firm readies its tech for Navy’s unmanned fleet

HII underwater drones buzz Buzzards Bay as firm readies its tech for Navy’s unmanned fleet
HII underwater drones buzz Buzzards Bay as firm readies its tech for Navy’s unmanned fleet

During Breaking Defense’s recent visit to a UUV manufacturing plant, HII officials stressed their modular design, in line with the Navy’s unmanned vision of plug-and-play technologies.

At Euronaval, defense firms dive deep into seabed warfare platforms

At Euronaval, defense firms dive deep into seabed warfare platforms
At Euronaval, defense firms dive deep into seabed warfare platforms

An explosion at the underwater Nord Stream pipeline has geopolitical consequences, and highlights the value and vulnerability of the bottom of the ocean.

DARPA taps Northrop, Martin Defense Group for Manta Ray UUV Phase 2

DARPA taps Northrop, Martin Defense Group for Manta Ray UUV Phase 2
DARPA taps Northrop, Martin Defense Group for Manta Ray UUV Phase 2

The Manta Ray is one of several unmanned vehicles moving through the military’s research and development enterprises.

Navy’s New Unmanned Fleet Likely To Hunt Chinese & Russian Subs

Navy’s New Unmanned Fleet Likely To Hunt Chinese & Russian Subs
Navy’s New Unmanned Fleet Likely To Hunt Chinese & Russian Subs

Tracking and harassing submarines will likely be a key job for the new generation of networked, unmanned ships.

PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines

PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines
PRC, Russian Subs May Soon Face UUV-Launched US Sea Mines

Head of the Unmanned and Small Combatants office, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, said the industry day was meant to, “stress the importance of the program to the fleet – they want it today, they need it today.”

Worries Surface On New Navy Mine Warfare Plan

Worries Surface On New Navy Mine Warfare Plan
Worries Surface On New Navy Mine Warfare Plan

ANNAPOLIS: The Navy’s new plan to put mine-hunting gear on a wider range of warships could finally break mine warfare out of its ghetto — or it could keep mine-hunting the same redheaded stepchild but spread it across more decks. The Navy has experimented with integrating Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) onto ships that weren’t minesweepers before,…

Marines Need Speed From Ship To Shore

Marines Need Speed From Ship To Shore
Marines Need Speed From Ship To Shore

  ANNAPOLIS: Small, fast missile boats clear a path through coastal waters for Marine landing forces. Robot jet skis, surfboards, and mini-subs scout out landing sites ahead of the human force. High-speed landing craft carry troops, their gear, and vehicles to the beach. Those are some of the ideas the Marines are experimenting with as…

No 350-Ship Navy From This Trump Budget

No 350-Ship Navy From This Trump Budget
No 350-Ship Navy From This Trump Budget

WASHINGTON: All hands, brace for disappointment. The president’s promised naval buildup won’t begin in the 2018 budget out next week — or maybe ever. Sure, before the election, candidate Donald Trump promised a 350-ship Navy. Sure, just this morning, House Speaker Paul Ryan repeated the 350 figure. Sure, this week the Chief of Naval Operations…

Alternative Navy Study Bets Big On Robot PT Boats & LCS

Alternative Navy Study Bets Big On Robot PT Boats & LCS
Alternative Navy Study Bets Big On Robot PT Boats & LCS

WASHINGTON: Light carriers. Robot PT boats. Unmanned subs. A congressionally chartered study, the Alternative Future Fleet Platform Architecture Study, “does not represent any official Navy position,”  but offers a surprisingly bold vision for the future of the US Navy. The study, by a “Navy Project Team” of officers, civil servants, and contractors free to brainstorm without…

China Seizes US Underwater Drone, Fortifies Disputed Islets

China Seizes US Underwater Drone, Fortifies Disputed Islets
China Seizes US Underwater Drone, Fortifies Disputed Islets

UPDATE: China agrees to return drone WASHINGTON: The same day the US Navy made its case for a much larger fleet of 355 ships, the Chinese navy seized an American underwater drone 50 nautical miles off the Philippines. Just two days earlier, the independent Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reported China had fortified the artificial islands it…

Semper Robotic: Marines Try Out New Tech, Tactics

Semper Robotic: Marines Try Out New Tech, Tactics
Semper Robotic: Marines Try Out New Tech, Tactics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOl_JOesU54 The first Marines to hit the beach in future wars may well be robots. Flying, swimming, rolling and swarming, the unmanned advance guard will scout out enemy positions, neutralize mines and send out decoy transmissions to deceive the enemy. Then the humans will start to come ashore. First handfuls of SEALs and Marine Force…

US, UK Do ‘Groundbreaking’ Drone Exercise Off Scotland

US, UK Do ‘Groundbreaking’ Drone Exercise Off Scotland
US, UK Do ‘Groundbreaking’ Drone Exercise Off Scotland

The multinational Unmanned Warrior exercise off the coast of Scotland is doing “really groundbreaking” work on naval drones, said one participating US scientist. There’ve been “a number of world firsts” in networking unmanned vehicles of different types and from different nations into a single unit, Marcus Tepaske, science advisor for the Office of Naval Research,…

NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS

NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS
NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS

WASHINGTON: The balance of power underwater is shifting against the West, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Both Russian and NATO capabilities cratered after the Cold War, but the Russian submarine fleet is clawing its way back — and we’re not ready to face it, CSIS says. The US,…