Aviation and defense contractor ARCTOS was named one of the awardees for the General Services Administration's program to provide research and development for manned and unmanned systems.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Aviation and defense contractor ARCTOS was named one of the awardees for the General Services Administration's program to provide research and development for manned and unmanned systems.
Despite major investments in cyber and artificial intelligence by the Defense Department, Navy officials and cyber experts still have questions on the use of these technologies.
A Boeing-led team conducted a virtual demonstration of manned-unmanned teaming using the Navy's unmanned MQ-25 Stingray, built by Boeing, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
The Navy's Project Overmatch still has a ways to go before strike group testing, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said Monday at the Sea-Air-Space 2021 conference.
Leidos has completed the transition for the Navy's information technology networks, as a part of the Next Generation Enterprise Network Recompete program.
The Navy conducted the MQ-4C Triton's first test flight with a multi-intelligence upgrade on July 29 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD.
A House panel is asking the Navy to look at putting mine countermeasures on its Expeditionary Sea Base platforms.
A House panel today approved legislation that would extend by one year the Navy's option for entering a block buy agreement for amphibious ships.
The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is skeptical of the Navy's analysis that shows the service will close its strike fighter shortfall within five years, according to a House staffer.
Lawmakers and unmanned system experts discussed the future of, and hesitancy toward, Navy unmanned systems during an industry event on Tuesday.
The Navy expects a new minehunting system carried abroad an unmanned vessel to reach operational capability before the end of September.
Despite Congress adding $73 million to the Navy's budget last year for an eighth Expeditionary Sea Base vessel, the service told Inside Defense it has no plans to build the ship.
The Navy expects to reach a final decision soon on a new Ship-to-Shore Connector amphibious craft propeller blade design, replacing the original blade that has experienced "composite micro-cracks," a Navy spokeswoman told Inside Defense.
The Navy is delaying production of Large Unmanned Surface Vessels to ensure technical maturity in fiscal year 2022.
A leading union for machinists and aerospace workers is urging House lawmakers to support funding for a second DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in a letter on Tuesday.
Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) questioned Navy officials today whether the service is "playing with the budget" by deciding not to fund a second DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the fiscal year 2022 budget.
The Navy has restructured the MQ-4C Triton unmanned air system program into three separate increments, citing "funding constraints," and has delayed initial operational capability to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, according to the Triton deputy program manager.