AUKUS partners sign agreement on underwater drones, speed up sub plan
Australia will now forgo the purchase of a new build Virginia-class submarine and acquire another ex-US Navy boat instead.
Navy’s new hedge strategy calls for ‘tailored’ unmanned forces to augment carriers
“We love this conveyor belt of the [carrier] strike group generation process,” Adm. Daryl Caudle said. “Submariners, we do not share that vision. Now there's a submariner at the helm here.”
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Built for another era, our air-and-missile-defense industrial base needs more builders
New entrants are filling unmet needs in air-and-missile defense.
‘Oversaturated’: Can the Navy make good on unmanned vessel demand after industry surge?
Company after company has introduced unmanned platforms, but as one analyst said, the Navy "just has not given the indication that they are buying these at scale."
Defense Innovation Unit seeks undersea drone capable of ‘long-range’ payload deployment
The new solicitation broadly outlines what Navy leaders for years have sought from unmanned vehicles: multi-purpose trucks capable of carrying any payload of their choosing.
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Seabed warfare is on the rise and Sea Dart targets it
A low-cost autonomous system that can do counter-mine for the DoD and infrastructure monitoring for the oil industry.
Anduril unveils ‘Copperhead’ underwater drone
The announcement follows a flurry of similar industry product debuts focused on unmanned systems.
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Speed, AI, and the platform that makes it operational
These are the five root causes that account for most of the delay in cognitive operations staffing.
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
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
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
The Manta Ray is one of several unmanned vehicles moving through the military's research and development enterprises.
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Europe rearms: Battle management, counter-UAS, and real AI at the edge
Mapping Europe’s modernization from the Eastern drone wall to actual artificial intelligence resident in tanks.
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
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
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
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 […]