The US Office of Naval Research - Global (ONRG) is seeking proposals for its new Global Innovation Joint Challenge: AI for Advancing Maritime Security. ONRG is seeking proposals that define challenging and realistic maritime scene perception scenarios represented by real-world…
Virginia-based Leidos has announced a new Uncrewed Undersea Vessel (UUV), Sea Dart. This is a high-performance, low-cost, flexible and adaptable UUV designed to support the US Navy and commercial customers across a broad range of missions, the company says. “For…
Californian company Anduril Industries has conducted two successful live fire tests of its 21-inch hypersonic rocket motor for the US Navy's Standard Missile Program. This rapid and iterative design phase, which was completed in close collaboration with the Navy, positions…
Diversified US industrial giant Honeywell has been awarded a contract of undisclosed value by the BlueForge Alliance to deliver the AUKUS Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) pilot program in Australia. For this program Honeywell says it will establish an enhanced security…
DARPA’s No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program has built a ship designed to operate autonomously for long durations at sea. This may be the first US Navy ship designed from the keel up for autonomous operations. The prototype Unmanned Surface…
Norwegian company Kongsberg has completed acceptance testing and delivery of the first HUGIN Superior Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and US Navy. The company’s Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUV) was delivered only one year…
The US Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC), has awarded a series of contracts to facilitate autonomous Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Package (MP) deployments. The MCM Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) is an…
The US Navy’s Strike Planning and Execution program (PMA-281) and Aerial Targets program (PMA-208) have partnered with US firm Shield AI to integrate autonomy and artificial intelligence software into the Kratos BQM-177A sub-sonic aerial target. Under the agreement Shield AI…
The US Navy Virginia-class submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) has arrived at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to undergo Australia’s first nuclear-powered Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period (STMP). She joined the US submarine maintenance ship USS Emory S Land which is…
The US Navy has installed the world’s first Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), where Air Vehicle Pilots (AVPs) will control future MQ-25 Stingray airborne operations. This major installation was a multi-year effort coordinated…