Company after company has introduced unmanned platforms, but as one analyst said, the Navy "just has not given the indication that they are buying these at scale."
The new solicitation broadly outlines what Navy leaders for years have sought from unmanned vehicles: multi-purpose trucks capable of carrying any payload of their choosing.
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
A low-cost autonomous system that can do counter-mine for the DoD and infrastructure monitoring for the oil industry.
The announcement follows a flurry of similar industry product debuts focused on unmanned systems.
"What we have been able to do with the Australian navy has begun to make believers" in robotic submarine technology, said Anduril Chief Strategy Officer Chris Brose.
During Breaking Defense's recent visit to a UUV manufacturing plant, HII officials stressed their modular design, in line with the Navy's unmanned vision of plug-and-play technologies.
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
An explosion at the underwater Nord Stream pipeline has geopolitical consequences, and highlights the value and vulnerability of the bottom of the ocean.
The Manta Ray is one of several unmanned vehicles moving through the military's research and development enterprises.
Tracking and harassing submarines will likely be a key job for the new generation of networked, unmanned ships.
Head of the Unmanned and Small Combatants office, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, said the industry day was meant to, “stress the importance of the program to the fleet – they want it today, they need it today.”
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
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