The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program has built a vessel designed to operate autonomously for long durations. While DARPA has been working on the NOMARS program since 2020, details about ...

The USX-1 Defiant was built in 14 months in Freeland by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and Serco, a multinational defense ...

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 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US surprised everyone by announcing the USX-1 Defiant, the world's first unmanned ship.

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

Developed by DARPA under the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, this 180-foot, 240-metric-ton unmanned surface vessel (USV) is engineered from the keel up to operate without a single human ...

Washington State Ferries' Wenatchee is being converted to hybrid-electric propulsion, but plans to convert the other Jumbo Mark II-class ferries have been put on hold. WSDOT photo by Jim Culp. A ...

A mysterious warship with no one aboard was recently seen in waters off of Washington state, being pushed by a tug boat. While it made onlookers curious, its identity has now been confirmed. The ...

The 180-ft (55-m), 240-tonne No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) put to sea last month ahead of sea trials. It may look smaller than a conventional surface warship, but looks can be deceiving.

Ryan Maatta, a Marine Engineer Manager with Serco overseeing the NOMARS project, told Naval News it hopes the ship is “much less expensive to do the same mission as a manned platform.” ...