unmanned undersea vessel Archives

DIU soliciting industry for supersized underwater drones

The Defense innovation Unit is on the hunt for a "combat autonomous maritime platform.”

8 hours ago By Jon Harper

Autonomous underwater robot drone for seabed exploration and deep sea video filming in wireframe low poly mesh. (Getty Images)

Navy to test automated target recognition capabilities for undersea warfare

Technology Operational Experimentation Event 25.2 is part of a campaign led by the Office of Naval Research-Global.

Aug 13, 2024 By Jon Harper

Navy, DIU tap 3 vendors to build large underwater drones

Anduril Industries, Oceaneering International and Kongsberg Discovery have been awarded contracts to prototype large undersea drones for the U.S. military

Feb 8, 2024 By Jon Harper

What’s next for the Navy’s Orca unmanned submarine?

“We're super excited to have one now in our own hands,” Capt. Scot Searles said of the extra-large UUV.

Jan 12, 2024 By Jon Harper

Navy receives first Orca unmanned submarine from Boeing

The sea service wants to acquire extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles that can travel long distances and lay mines without putting sailors in harm’s way.

Dec 20, 2023 By Jon Harper

A Remote Environmental Measuring Units (REMUS) 100 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) deploys after being launched by a Sailors assigned to the Naval Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center and a REMUS Team Sailor from the Italian Mine Countermeasures Forces Command during exercise Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) in Sesimbra, Portugal, Sept. 19, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Travis Simmons)

Navy eyeing new tech to help kill underwater drones and enemy divers

The Navy released a sources sought notice as it looks for a combination of capabilities to counter adversaries' unmanned undersea vehicles.

Aug 4, 2023 By Jon Harper

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) sails in the Gulf of Thailand, May 7, 2022.. The Navy is currently studying whether LCS could serve as mother ships for unmanned systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Alexandra Green)

Mother ships for drones will be ‘extremely important’ for the Navy’s future fleet, Secretary Del Toro says

The Navy is looking at options to meet that need.

Feb 22, 2023 By Jon Harper

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 prepare an underwater vehicle to search for debris during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)

Navy using VideoRay’s Defender underwater drone to search for Chinese balloon debris

The DOD on Thursday released an image of a UUV being prepared for deployment by sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, which is participating in…

Feb 10, 2023 By Jon Harper

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

DOD building ‘body of knowledge’ to better detect China’s suspected spy balloons

The Defense Department has already drawn a number of key insights about what officials are calling a much “larger Chinese surveillance balloon program,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig.…

Feb 8, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Aaron Romo, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit ONE, launches a MK18 MOD 1 unmanned underwater vehicle from a rigid-hull inflatable boat on July 10, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan C. Kellums)

Navy beginning underwater drone operations to help recover debris from downed Chinese balloon

The Navy will use UUVs to help the Defense Department recover debris from China’s suspected surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.

Feb 6, 2023 By Jon Harper