A mysterious U.S. robo-warship able to spend months at sea without humans has been unveiled. The USX-1 Defiant was officially launched this week by DARPA, the research and development agency of ...

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

Earlier this month, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the successful launch of USX-1 ...

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

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

Earlier this year, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael C. Horowitz revealed that the Department of Defense (DoD) had launched several new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The naval vessel has been named USX-1 Defiant and was seen going through the Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound, only a few miles from the US Navy’s Naval Air Station Whidby Island, according to The War ...

It may look smaller than a conventional surface warship, but looks can be deceiving. Designated USX-1 Defiant, the new NOMARS shows just how much space aboard a ship is devoted to the crew.