A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is developing a metrics-based approach to evaluating the performance of uncrewed surface vehicles and their compliance with international regulations for preventing collisions
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The U.S. Navy on Tuesday christened its latest “Overlord” unmanned surface vessel during a ceremony held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Gulf Craft-built Mariner is managed by Leidos and
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Charles River Analytics has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop an onboard artificial intelligence system designed to ensure navigation safety of uncrewed surface vehicles. CRA said Tuesday it will
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The U.S. Navy has taken over leadership of a Department of Defense program aimed at converting large commercial ships into unmanned and autonomous vessels. The DOD Strategic Capabilities Office transitioned the Ghost
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The U.S. Navy recently held a ceremony to mark the completion of facility modifications and the start of building construction work for the testing, evaluation and demonstration of unmanned vehicle prototypes at
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The second unmanned surface vessel, named NOMAD, of the Ghost Fleet Overlord program passed through the Panama Canal and completed its transit to the Pacific. The USV traveled 4,421 nautical miles from
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The Department of Defense (DoD) demonstrated the autonomous performance of an experimental unmanned surface vessel at an exercise with U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The Ghost Fleet Overlord USV took part
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The U.S. Navy is working to establish budget allocations and program requirements for its recently established laboratory for developing and testing unmanned underwater and surface vehicles. Capt. Pete Small said that the
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The U.S. Navy is launching a modernization pilot for its unmanned surface and underwater vehicles ahead of plans to transition the project into an official program in fiscal year 2022.
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The U.S. Navy plans to procure its first Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) in fiscal 2023 despite the House’s imposition of funding limits until the service proves the reliability of LUSV subsystems,
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