Unmanned News & Articles

U.S. Navy Awards Knifefish UUV Retrofit Contract to General Dynamics

The retrofit will enable Knifefish to operate at deeper depths, identify more complex target environments, provide more precise localization, and reduce risk to personnel by operating within minefields as an off-board sensor

Jun 25, 2021
Task Order Awarded for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Support

Alion will provide research, analysis, trade studies, and testing services in support of unmanned aerial systems programs to support the U.S. Army Program Executive Office - Aviation, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office

Jun 24, 2021
uAvionix Certifies Second Micro-Transponder with the DoD

The RT-2087/ZPX-A micro-transponder is now certified in accordance with the AIMS 17-1000 performance specification to enable small DoD aircraft to cooperatively participate in National Airspaces worldwide

Jun 23, 2021
Austal USA Awarded Autonomous Ship Development Contract

The contract from the U.S. Navy covers the design, procurement, production implementation and demonstration of autonomous capability on Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 13, USNS Apalachicola

Jun 23, 2021
First Medical Evacuation Exercise with Electric Aircraft Completed

Agility Prime assessed the Kitty Hawk electric aircraft's ability to do medical evacuation and personnel recovery as well as remotely piloted and fully autonomous flight in the hope of providing new forms of transport for the U.S. military

Jun 23, 2021
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures Modernization for the Latvian Navy Underway

ECA GROUP has reached the first milestone within the modernization program of 3 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels belonging to the Latvian Navy. This first milestone consists of disassembling the legacy equipment of MCM vessels

Jun 22, 2021
MQ-25 Conducts First Unmanned Aerial Refueling

The U.S. Navy has conducted the first-ever aerial refueling of a manned aircraft by a Boeing MQ-25 unmanned tanker to demonstrate that the MQ-25 can use the Navy’s standard probe-and-drogue aerial refueling method

Jun 17, 2021
DARPA Tests Autonomous Counter-Drone Technology with New X Band Radar

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tested its autonomous counter-drone system that can neutralize adversary drones using an X band radar that automatically senses and identifies unmanned aerial system threats

Jun 15, 2021
Tomahawk Robotics Awarded RAID Program Contract with U.S. Marine Corps

The Radio Agile Integrated Device (RAID) Program leverages Tomahawk Robotics' product family to provide a fully integrated common control and communications solution for air and ground unmanned systems

Jun 10, 2021
Successful First Flight of Skyborg ACS

The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg autonomous core system (ACS) prototype made its first flight aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical UAV, the first step to integrating these aircraft into a complex operational environment

Jun 01, 2021
Royal Danish Navy Acquires Two More Multi-beam Systems

The Royal Danish Navy has purchased an additional two Teledyne RESON Multi-beam Systems to assist in hydrographic surveys around Denmark and Greenland

May 28, 2021
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