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The unmanned drone usage started this year, and the Pentagon is considering increasing the fleet.


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The unmanned drone usage started this year, and the Pentagon is considering increasing the fleet.

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle announced a new autonomous development center to train sailors and test new technology.

Unmanned systems have moved quickly from experimentation and exercises into the demands of an active war.

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The Ukrainian military aims to contract 25,000 unmanned ground platforms in the first half of this year, more than doubling its 2025 total.

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The Navy is on course to stand up new unmanned surface vessel divisions in the coming weeks, service officials said.

The Lightfish beat a previous USV record by over 12 days after it made the 4,000 mile journey in just a little over two months.

Soldiers are slated to use the 12-ton unmanned vehicle in a mine-clearing demonstration later this month.

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"We have a vision that will put our nation in the vanguard of autonomous maritime warfare," said Gen. Gwyn Jenkins, the chief of the Royal Navy.

Australia has lodged an order for numerous state-of-the-art unmanned submarines to be delivered over the coming five years.

Smaller naval drones are starting to appear on vital waterways, designed for low-profile attack missions.

Opinion: New icebreakers designed to deploy and service uncrewed systems would bolster a credible Arctic defense.

The program's focus for the next five years lies primarily on the main aircraft, but partner nations are free to explore unmanned companions on their own.

After losing the Air Force's next-generation fighter contract to Boeing, Lockheed Martin hopes to fold sixth-generation tech into the F-35.

In the exercise called Dragoon Fury, the French Navy used its amphibious helicopter carrier Tonnerre as a drone platform.

The Navy recently launched two groundbreaking weapons tests as the service continues its push for unmanned systems.
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U.S.-based Saildrone will deploy four large unmanned surface vessels in Danish waters next month.

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