A Navy carrier is about to deploy with a robot ship. Could it change the service forever?
Experts said that this deployment could lay the foundation for how the Navy develops its concept of operations for unmanned systems.
Navy eyeing industry for readily available medium USVs
The new solicitation is another instance where the US Navy seems to be opting for technology that is commercially ready, rather than exquisite and unique.
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Island surge: the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.
Navy tests ‘tactical’ employment of unmanned ships in months-long exercise
The four USVs featured in the exercise collectively transited 46,000 nautical miles over several months.
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Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to map the undersea world for the Navy
Understanding the environment is the baseline for successful naval operations. To develop more and better undersea charts, the Navy is combining hydrography with autonomy for the first time.
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Ping, Ping: Bringing autonomy to hydrography to map the undersea world for the Navy
Understanding the environment is the baseline for successful naval operations. To develop more and better undersea charts, the Navy is combining hydrography with autonomy for the first time.
Admiral: Navy sees ‘next step’ for unmanned in key autonomy contract
The Navy's goal in creating an "autonomy baseline" is to provide itself the flexibility to plug and play with different industry capabilities onboard the same unmanned vehicles.
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Physics AI is different and changes the way defense systems are designed
Models that replicate real-world physics streamline design, testing and iteration processes.
After RIMPAC, sailor feedback shows evolving view of unmanned vessels: Officials
Sailors operating the USVs at RIMPAC were more concerned about what the drones could do, rather than how they were controlled.
The Navy Wants A Fleet Of Unmanned Ships. Can Industry Take The Strain?
Shipbuilding executives say they can take the strain of maintenance for a fleet of unmanned vessels, but industry and the Navy have historically struggled with the warships they are currently managing.
Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet
“We are going to do a live-fire offensive exercise,” Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Carrier Strike Group 3 commander told reporters Tuesday. “We are going to use the unmanned surface, unmanned air, and manned air and surface to provide a targeting solution.”
New Navy Command To Oversee Unmanned Ships As They Work With Fleet
The Navy is standing up its first operational unmanned ship command, a big moment in the Pentagon's move toward autonomy
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Three exercises that pushed counter–UAS from prototype to proven
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
Top Lawmaker: Army Budget Needs ‘Not Even Close’ to Navy, Air Force
Rep. Joe Courtney's comments on on the heels of other lawmakers and military officials pushing for the Navy to get a larger slice of the 2022 defense budget
Navy’s New Unmanned Plan To Build In Critical New Data-Sharing Effort
"What I was looking at when I first came into the job was a number of unmanned efforts that were on the way and not being necessarily coordinated," CNO Adm. Mike Gilday says.
Robot Wolfpacks: The Faster, Cheaper 355-Ship Fleet
Smaller unmanned vessels will act as expendable scouts and decoys, larger ones -- over 50 meters -- will carry masses of missiles, while manned ships will carry both the largest systems and the human beings essential for rapid adaptation in combat.
Google Cars, Pokemon Go, & The Future Of War: Roper Interview Part II
William Roper is “buying time” for the rest of the Pentagon, he told us in a rare interview. His Strategic Capabilities Office finds near-term but game-changing upgrades for existing weapons systems, preserving American advantage over rapidly advancing adversaries while DARPA and Defense Department labs develop a new generation of breakthroughs. Yesterday, we wrote about Roper’s […]