The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now soliciting abstracts from potential offerors for a program that aims to improve stock military and commercial drones by advancing the development of an autonomy
MoreMichael Brown, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit, and Lorin Selby, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, said the U.S. should implement a hedge strategy to advance the development and procurement
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The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has been deploying since September a new box-shaped robot that enables the remote identification and neutralization of underwater explosives in depths of up to 1,000 feet,
MoreThe U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps have released a campaign plan that outlines a strategy for integrating unmanned systems in support of the future maritime mission. “It also sets the framework
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Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration (GSA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the ASTRO master contract for unmanned, manned and robotic systems will be the first contract vehicle to use a
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The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) directs the U.S. Navy to come up with a working prototype of a large unmanned surface vessel equipped with fully integrated and tested systems
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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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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has said the U.S. Navy needs to grow its fleet of combat ships and undergo a naval warfare transformation that would allow the service to fight
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The U.S. Navy will abolish the unmanned warfare systems directorate, OPNAV N99, and integrate several drone programs with domain-based directorates as part of the reorganization of the chief of naval operations office,
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A Department of the Navy official has said the service branch has started to develop a draft version of a roadmap that seeks to integrate unmanned technology platforms with acquisition, operational and programmatic
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