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 ...

What's new in the Navy? Unmanned surface vessels, that's what. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Serco have launched the 180-foot USX-1 Defiant prototype, and sea trials will ...

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 ...

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has achieved a major milestone in maritime innovation by ...

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 ...

The Defiant may have a role in the U.S. Navy’s drone ‘hellscape’ to help defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression ...

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 ...