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SOF Week 2026: NSW expands commercial UxS push to maritime platforms as USASOC advances FPV drone effort

17th May 2026

The US Army Special Operations Command and Naval Special Warfare are accelerating efforts to integrate commercial uncrewed systems, with NSW broadening its solicitation to include USVs and UUVs alongside new requirements for ISR, kinetic operations and swarm technologies.

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SOF Week 2026: US Navy USV completes record eight-day autonomous mission

16th May 2026

The MARTAC T38 Devil Ray USV has set a new endurance benchmark as the US Navy pushes deeper into autonomous maritime warfare.

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ESSM Block 2 completes flight test

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NATO’s Seasparrow Project Office has conducted a successful flight test of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2, intercepting a BQM-74E aerial target, NAVSEA …

Royal Navy commissions HMS Magpie

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Royal Navy commissions HMS Magpie

9th July 2018

HMS Magpie was commissioned into the Royal Navy at the end of June, where it will join the navy’s hydrographic squadron, replacing the HMS Gleaner …

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China launches two new destroyers

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