Chinese Stealth Unmanned Surface Vessel completes First Sea Trial
China's first stealth unmanned surface vessel (USV), completed its first autonomous sea trial which in future holds out the promise of new naval tactics such as distributed operations and swarm combat.The sea trial took place in waters near Panzhi Island in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday and ended...
China Starts Constructing Advanced Large Unmanned Ship
China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) announced Wednesday it has started to build the countrys most advanced large unmanned ship. Led by the No
U.S. Navy Deploys MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter to Indo-Pacific
Northrop Grummans MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S
Thales Australia, Ocius Technologies to Develop USVs for Anti-Submarine, Surveillance
Thales Australia and Ocius Technologies entered a Teaming Agreement on Tuesday to advance the development and deployment of a scalable Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) capability equipped for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) surveillance missions. The Australian designed and manufactured Blue Sentry autonomous system, comprising a team of Ocius Bluebottle USVs integrated with Thales...
Martin Defense Group to Develop Low-cost Unmanned Surface Vessels
Martin Defense Group is awarded a $54,435,390 contract for the development of low-cost littoral Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) for Mobility Enhancement (USVME).The USVs will provide logistical support and re-supply capability to the U
Huntington Ingalls Introduces Advanced Autonomy Solutions for Land, Sea Platforms
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) launched Odyssey, a suite of advanced autonomy solutions that can turn any ship or vehicle in any domain into an intelligent, robotic platform. Odyssey capabilities include multi-vehicle collaborative autonomy, autonomous health monitoring, sensor fusion and perception
ORCA Underwater Drone Development Gets Extra Push with $72.5M Contract Awarded to...
Boeing won a contract valued $72.5 million to continue the development of ORCA Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) for the U
L3Harris Displays Iver4 900 UUV at WDS-22 In Saudi, 1st Time Outside...
L3Harris demonstrated its Iver4 900 advanced undersea vehicle at the ongoing World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia. It is the first time that the company presented the UUV outside of the U
Textron Systems Wins $42M Unmanned Influence Sweep System USV Support Contract
The Pentagon today awarded Textron Systems nearly $42 million to support the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) project. The contract covers provision of engineering and technical support, incidental materials and travel for the USV program
French Navy to Operate up to 6000 M Depth in Preparation for...
The French Ministry of Defense has put forth a strategy aimed at broadening the capabilities of anticipation and action of the French Navy up to 6,000 m depth. The French Navy already has mine warfare and hydro-oceanography capabilities contributing to the control of the seabed
DARPA Announces First-Ever AI-Controlled F-16 In-Air Combat Tests
S-400 Air Defense System in Crimea Destroyed by ATACMS Missile
Philippines to Receive BrahMos Cruise Missiles on April 19
Australia, Anduril Unveil ‘Ghost Shark’ Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Prototype
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U