A nonprofit oceanographic research center in Moss Landing, California, secured rights to use technology designed by Northrop Grumman to facilitate underwater electrical connections as part of a non-exclusive licensing agreement. The Monterey
MoreThe White House has asked the U.S. Navy to propose the inclusion of unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles in its planned 355-ship Battle Force fleet, the War Zone reported Friday.
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Defense experts said the weapons systems showcased for the first time during the National Day parade in Beijing Tuesday demonstrate China’s increasing focus on the development of unmanned systems, missile force and
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The U.S. Navy is working to build a range of unmanned maritime vessels through an incremental development approach, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Capt. Jon Rucker, Navy program manager for unmanned maritime
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The U.S. Navy deploys unmanned underwater vehicles, also known as ocean gliders, to explore the worldâs oceans for up to four months in order to help predict sea currents, tides and density
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The U.S. Navy has retrieved an unmanned underwater vehicle that Chinese forces seized Thursday in international waters near Subic Bay. The Defense Department said Monday China’s navy returned the Ocean Glider UUV to USS
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The Defense Department plans to invest up to $3 billion in funds in an effort to build and field unmanned underwater vehicles designed to perform surveillance operations, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. William Merz, head of the Defense Department‘s submarine warfare office, and other branch officials are looking to add more unmanned vehicles into the country’s undersea force, Navy Times reported Thursday.
MoreU.S. Navy sailors onboard the USS Sentry mine-countermeasures ship destroyed a training mine with live explosives attached to an unmanned underwater vehicle during an exercise conducted April 14. The Navy said Monday that
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The Office of Naval Research has demonstrated unmanned undersea vehicles that work to help marine personnel counter underwater mines. ONR said Friday 40 remotely operated vehicles were presented and tested during the two-week technology
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