DARPA has launched a new prototype warship for the US Navy that not only won't need any sailors, it can't even accommodate ...

This spring, the Defiant will embark upon a multi-month demonstration that will test the craft’s autonomy, endurance, and ...

The prototype vessel for the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, USX-1 Defiant, has been launched and is undergoing sea trials. The 180’, 240-metric-ton unmanned surface vessel (USV) was ...

The USX-1 Defiant was being pushed by tug boat earlier this week through the Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound, just a few miles from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Station Whidby Island, according to ...

Photos of the odd-looking, 180-foot ship escorted by a tugboat through the Puget Sound emerged on Reddit earlier this week ...

What's new in the Navy? Unmanned surface vessels, that's what. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and ...

The US Navy's USX-1 Defiant unmanned surface vessel (USV) promises cost-effective, high-endurance fleet expansion while ...

From the very start, human habitation was completely off the table, meaning there are no crew quarters and no galleys aboard. That has given this vessel ...

The first prototype in the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program will begin a multimonth, at-sea testing period this spring after the vessel's construction concluded in February, according to a ...

There are, of course, downside risks to a fully automated system like the USX-1 Defiant. Something as simple as a busted engine or broken control system that would require human engineers to ...