UAS

Liquid Robotics is being awarded a $10 million sole-source contract for Wave Glider unmanned underwater vehicles.

The Coronado is the first to be equipped with the improved Navy control hardware and Raytheon control software.

AeroVironment is upgrading Switchblade’s control and communications.

The Army is conceptualizing an “ecosystem” framework tying all future unmanned aircraft systems together on the battlefield, according to the service’s Training and Doctrine Command capability manager for UAS.

A prototype to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) using capabilities already in the Army inventory is now being put to the test at the service’s Network Integration Evaluation.

The contract calls for Textron to deliver Shadow UAV upgrades, and deliveries will begin in 2018.

A Chinese manufacturer has unveiled a hydrogen-fueled UAV.

Austrian manufacturer Schiebel has demonstrated its S-100 unmanned helicopter conditions for Canadian officials.

Uralvagonzavod intends to package a UAV with Russia’s new Armata tank.

Unmanned vessels could soon require minimal human intervention and work cohesively on the battlefield.