UUV Archives

UUV at Stennis Space Center. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Surveys and stickers: A day on the water with the Navy’s MK-18 drones

Check out Brandi Vincent's video about a recent Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center training mission.

Oct 11, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

An Aerovel Flexrotor unmanned aerial vehicle launches from the deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) in the Gulf of Oman, in an image released Oct. 6, 2023. (Photo by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs)

US Navy task forces use slew of drones in recent operation to keep tabs on Iranian military assets

The Navy is pursuing a variety of robotic platforms as it moves toward a hybrid fleet of crewed and uncrewed systems.

Oct 6, 2023 By Jon Harper

Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Bobby Dixon, 03.15.2023 — Naval Oceanography in coordination with CTF-52, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Sequoia Scientific, Inc. and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) dropped a slocum glider out the back of a helicopter as part of a proof of concept.

Naval Oceanography preps new plan for deploying ‘the right mix’ of crewed and uncrewed platforms

"Hopefully, in the next several months, we'll have some product that we can pass out to industry,” the undersea warfare program manager at NAVO said at the…

Oct 4, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

An unmanned underwater vessel (Boeing image)

Marine Corps leader keen on underwater drones that can launch loitering munitions

"Imagine a fully autonomous UUV that can go out, get to within X range of an area, surface and launch thousands of loitering munitions that are fully…

Sep 6, 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

U.S. Marines with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, assault a beach during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, July 30, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sandra Garduno)

Berger: Marines need to ‘make up ground’ in incorporating unmanned systems into amphibious operations

With a renewed focus across the U.S. military on great power competition in the Indo-Pacific region, the Marines are trying to enhance their ability to conduct amphibious…

Jun 27, 2023 By Jon Harper

Coyote unmanned aerial system (Raytheon image)

Raytheon awarded $147M Navy contract for modified Coyote drone

The award will support the Navy’s Future Advanced Strike (FAST) effort, according to a Defense Department announcement.

May 26, 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

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

The medium displacement unmanned surface vessels Seahawk, front, and Sea Hunter launch for the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21), April 20. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley)

Navy grappling with the future of its unmanned fleet

The Navy's new shipbuilding plan and statements by senior officials indicate that the future of the unmanned fleet remains murky.

May 16, 2022 By Jon Harper