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Coast Guard members conduct Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) training aboard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC 1130) off the coast of San Pedro, Dec. 18, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Roberto Nieves)

Coast Guard wants contractors to provide and operate drone services from cutters, shore-based sites

The technologies and services would be intended to help with the surveillance, detection, classification and identification of maritime “targets of interest."

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Screenshot from a video of U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force testing Marine-Build drones off the coast of Naval Base White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, March 22, 2026. The training was part of the EOTG Unmanned Systems Branch, which seeks to teach Marines in basic drone operations, capabilities, and assembly. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Giovanni Navarrette)

A first, Marines launch FPV drone at unmanned vessel while aboard naval craft

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(Screenshot of a video released by U.S. Central Command March 3, 2026, showing an airstrike on an Iranian drone.)

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The Textron Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 30 mm Cannon (ARV-30) prototype conducts open water testing at Camp Pendleton, CA earlier this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

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A U.S. Navy Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean during UNITAS 2025, the 66th iteration of the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy looking to emulate signals on maritime drones to train systems for Pacific Fleet

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sails with two T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessels (USV) and an Arabian Fox MAST-13 USV, all attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) Task Force 59, during exercise Digital Talon 2 in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 27, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marita Schwab)

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Army tests autonomous strike drone featuring AI-enabled targeting capabilities

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Freddy Muñoz and Sgt. Kory Millsap, assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, engage a target using an M224A1 60mm Lightweight Mortar System from a conventional setup at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 17, 2026. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Addison Shinn)

Army taps industry for sensor tech to help assess impacts of blasts on troops

U.S. service members and Kuwaiti Land Forces participate in the game operation cyber justice, an event of the Best Cyber Warrior Challenge at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 15, 2019. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher Lindborg)

Commanders now responsible for cybersecurity training after Army cuts online course requirement to once every 5 years

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conduct a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Baldwin and Staff Sgt. Jacob Olsen, combat engineers with the 744th Engineer Company assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, drive a M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) during driver’s training near Del Rio, Texas, Jan. 14, 2026. The ISV can rapidly move up to nine soldiers and their equipment across rough terrain, enhancing mobility over different landscapes. (Dept. of War Courtesy Photo)

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The L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 will be used for a variety of experiments to include testing on-orbit, next-generation technologies that assist warfighters in contested environments. (L3Harris photo.)

Space Force mitigating impacts to programs amid grounding of Vulcan rocket

Seahawk, a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) prototype, departs Naval Base Point Loma, California, Aug. 6, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Zahn)

Navy creating new marketplace for maritime drones as it looks to ‘surge capacity’ for Golden Fleet

U.S. Army Civilian Career booth at 2023 BEYA Career Fair in National Harbor, Maryland Feb. 10, 2023. (Army photo).

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