SAN DIEGO - The military is launching tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single ...

The Flying Ship Company is currently working toward introducing a new type of maritime cargo transport vehicle and they claim it will disrupt the global logistics market, creating new ...

The trials took place as the ship departed U.K. waters for an event off the East Coast of the United States taking place over the next few months involving drills with F-35 fighters, Osprey ...

The Navy is asking lawmakers to fund an experiment that would see the service slap surface-to-air missiles onto unmanned surface vessels (USVs) as a potential future defense for military transport ...

The demo, held in collaboration with the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program (PMA-263), employed unmanned vehicles to transport cargo weighing less than 50 lbs., which accounts for 90% of ...

Austral writes that it has delivered Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) to the United States Navy. Its 337-foot hull makes it the largest surface ship ...

When Iran began to intercept oil tankers this year, the unmanned vessels for the first time were used to lead the patrol, navigating through the Strait of Hormuz ahead of the U.S. military ships ...

The expeditionary fast transport ship Apalachicola completed acceptance trials, including the demonstration of technology that will enable unmanned operations and autonomous missions, in September ...

Sailors from EOD Mobile Unit 5 recover a Mk-18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle following a mine hunting mission in Apra Harbor, Guam, Dec. 6, 2023. (Lt. Dustin Lawson/US Navy) As pressure rises ...

One criterion is the ability to transport cargo under 50 lbs. (22.7 kg). The number is not chosen randomly but represents the upper payload limit for 90% of the Navy’s logistics deliveries.

Aug. 30 (UPI) --An attempt by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to capture an unmanned drone was foiled by the U.S. Navy, according to a statement. The U.S. 5th Fleet said that it ...

In the UAE, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has conducted trials of an autonomous Abra ferry, a wooden boat with a capacity of eight passengers. It's part of efforts to make a ...