BOHEMIA, New York and LIVERMORE, Calif. Rugged embedded computing supplier North Atlantic Industries (NAI) and long-term embedded support provider GDCA Inc. announced the successful transfer of NAI's venerable 64C1 & 64D1 legacy product lines, renowned for their reliability and longstanding service to the U.S. Navy, to GDCA. 

LYNNWOOD, Wash. Kongsberg Discovery won a contract awarded a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to rapidly deliver HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capabilities for the U.S. military, a move that could lead to the U.S. Navy acquiring HUGIN Endurance and HUGIN Superior deep-water AUV systems.

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy must integrate disruptive and emerging technologies and unleash the creative power of the American sailor and of American industry in order to counter its adversaries now and in the future, stated Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti in her keynote address at WEST 2024, underway this week in San Diego. 

MOBILE, Ala. The U.S. Navy launched its newest Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel Vanguard (OUSV3) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on its way to join sister ships, dubbed OUSV2 Ranger and OUSV4 Mariner, as part of the Navy’s USV Division 1 (USVDIV 1).

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon will design, build, and test two high-power microwave antenna systems for the U.S. military that will use directed energy to defeat airborne threats; the systems are intended to be rugged and transportable for use on the front lines where needed. 

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy is "quite busy" juggling three major areas of interest with China, Russia, and the Middle East, and domination of the electromagnetic spectrum will be key to the Navy having an advantage in these areas in the future, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday during his keynote address at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab won a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide a Double Eagle semi-autonomous remotely operated vehicle (SAROV) for the naval forces of Kuwait.