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Defence Notes
US budget recognises value of helicopters, unmanned systems
15th February 2011
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is continuing strong funding for its rotary, unmanned and cyber capabilities in its 2012 budget request. Of the $671 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
DARPA selects RE2 to bring robotic control to the general public
1st February 2011
RE2, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent modular manipulation systems, announced today that it has been selected by DARPA to develop a dual-arm robot and …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
ATK selected to provide Thermal Control Subsystem for DARPA ISIS airship
31st January 2011
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) programme with the awarding to ATK of a …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint STARS test bed aircraft takes part in demonstration
18th January 2011
Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft recently completed the second of two deployments to Naval Air Station …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman awarded unmanned surface vessel contract from DARPA
6th January 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SAIC to develop autonomous unmanned surface vessel concept for DARPA
5th January 2011
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a …
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Digital Battlespace
Alion awarded $4.5m DARPA contract to support new technology
4th January 2011
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, was awarded a three-year, $4.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to …
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon BBN Technologies awarded defense funding to advance optical communications and imaging
21st December 2010
Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company, has been awarded $2.1 million in funding by DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) …
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Land Warfare
Lockheed Martin wins $7m contract to produce laser enhanced sniper systems
14th December 2010
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $6.9 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for multiple One Shot laser-based sniper systems that improve …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Winners announced in international robotics challenge
17th November 2010
After 461 days of preparation and five days of demonstrations displaying ground-breaking robotics technologies, three teams from America have topped the inaugural Multi Autonomous Ground-robotics …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AAI-Led team selected for DARPA Transformer program
15th November 2010
AAI, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that its team has been selected to participate in Phase I of …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AUSA 10: Shadow damage tolerance trials
27th October 2010
In cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency [DARPA], the US Army has begun looking at ways to reduce UAS fleet attrition through the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SIS wins DARPA contract for autonomous anti-submarine tracking
26th October 2010
Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc. (SIS) announced that it has won a major proof-of-concept contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to …
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Land Warfare
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne awarded $1 million contract to design engine for Transformer vehicle
20th October 2010
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract, with a value up to $1 million, to design an engine …
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Land Warfare
DARPA kicks off Transformer (TX) program
14th October 2010
To meet much of transportation needs of today's deployed Warfighter, either highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV) are used, or helicopters, which have limited availability, …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]
Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a “leap-ahead” in long-endurance, VTOL-capable ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot [USA]
Background Requirement As explained by GA-ASI in February 2026, LongShot is envisaged as an air-launched UAV that will fly from larger, mostly crewed aircraft and ...
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Fighter - multirole
Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement Originally conceived as a replacement for the F-22, the PCA was designed to counter various air threats, including integrated air defence systems ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Arctic Security Cutters (7-11) [USCG]
Programme Background Requirements The Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) programme aims to increase the US presence and capability in the Arctic to counter Russian and Chinese ...
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AEW&C
AEW&C Aircraft [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirement The requirement was initially reported in 2016 when it was noted as being part of a long-term development plan, however, reports from ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military - UUVs
Manta Ray
Manta Ray is an uncrewed underwater vessel (UUV) developed by Northrop Grumman.
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Military - UUVs
Bluefin-Knifefish
The Bluefin-Knifefish UUV was initially developed for the Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV (SMCM UUV) programme for the USN’s Littoral Combat Ships. It is manufactured by General Dynamics ...
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Sea: procedural training
UUV Training Simulator
The Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Training Simulator teaches users how to operate and control a UUV, specifically with reference to mine hunting. The UUV is ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
X-68A
The X-68A is a developmental, host-platform-agnostic air-launched effect (ALE). After developmental contracts were first awarded in 2021 under the LongShot programme, General Atomics (GA-ASI) emerged as the preferred supplier ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
XRQ-73
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled the flying design of the XRQ-73 in June 2024. The aircraft has been developed under the Series ...
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Sea: procedural training
2 Sigma Digital Tutor
A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...
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Military - USVs
NOMARS
The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) is a US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a first-of-its-kind large uncrewed surface vessel.
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Major networking projects
CHAIN
The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...
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Riptide Mk II
At Oceanology International 2018, Riptide Autonomous Solutions presented its second-generation micro-UUV – the Mk II. The Riptide Mk II UUV has a maximum speed of ...
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Military - UUVs
BlueWhale
BlueWhale (ELI-3325) is an autonomous uncrewed underwater vessel (UUV) developed by Israel's Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is designed for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Mine Countermeasures (MCM) and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
XV-24A LightningStrike
The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...
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Military - UUVs
Lamprey MMAUV
The Lamprey Multi-Mission Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (MMAUV) is a UUV designed by Lockheed Martin. The UUV is intended as an autonomous companion submersible to a ...
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Sea: sonar systems
UUV-3500
The Klein UUV-3500 side-scan sonar family is composed of the mid-depth (3000m) high-resolution, low-power, dual-frequency and the deep (6000m) variant which is a higher power ...
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Military - UUVs
D19 UUV
Naval Group's family of D19 drones are AUVs designated for varying taskings such as identification, surveillance, EW, mobile target, minelaying and MCM operations.
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Shrike
The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR. Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...
