Navy ramps up unmanned systems weapons tests, calls for industry push

The DARPA Drone Ship That Could Change Naval Surface Warfare Forever

The DARPA-built USX-1 is a drone ship that was built to run without any crew aboard. Here's everything we know about this next evolution of naval warfare.

Ultra Maritime, General Atomics partner to advance 'new era' of anti-submarine warfare

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Ultra Maritime have partnered to further airborne detection and tracking of enemy submarines, according to a news release this week. General Atomics’ unmanned aerial vehicle, the MQ-9B SeaGuardian -- a next generation variant of the MQ-9 Reaper -- will be paired with Ultra Maritime’s small form factor sonobuoys to boost anti-submarine warfare in GPS-denied environments. The relationship between General At…

Navy ramps up unmanned systems weapons tests, calls for industry push

The Navy recently launched two groundbreaking weapons tests as the service continues its push for unmanned systems.

Ultra Maritime and General Atomics Team Up for Unmanned Airborne ASW

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Ultra Maritime announced a strategic partnership to substantially advance the state of the art in unmanned airborne detection and tracking of enemy submarines. Ultra Maritime press release By combining the world’s most advanced and prolific unmanned aerial system (UAS), GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian®, with the world’s only miniaturized, low power sonobuoys and receivers, the strategic partners…

In the face of the proliferation of drones on the battlefields, identify who controls what has become a strategic puzzle. In the United States, the Marines are putting in place new procedures to avoid fratricidal fire and fatal errors.