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Caterpillar collaborates with Serco on NOMARS unmanned surface vessel

Caterpillar Marine reports that it has completed key milestones in support of the revolutionary new No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) medium unmanned surface vessel that Herndon, Va., headquartered Serco Inc. is to deliver to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Cat notes that its marine-certified engines hold the distinction of meeting the reliability, durability, performance monitoring and speed requirements to operate at sea at 90% availability for one year without manned...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/caterpillar-collaborates-with-serco-on-nomars-unmanned-surface-vessel/

DARPA’s No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) moves to the build stage

DARPA’s groundbreaking No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) project has taken another step forward. Serco North America, the prime contractor and design integrator for the project, has now awarded
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), Freeland, Wash., a contract to build the vessel.

The program aims to revolutionize naval operations by creating a ship that can operate autonomously for extended periods at sea without an onboard crew.

Dr. Gregory Avicola, program manager, tactical technology office at...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/darpas-no-manning-required-ship-nomars-moves-to-the-build-stage/

DARPA Awards Contracts for Long-Range ‘Liberty Lifter’ Flying Boat Design

Artist concept of General Atomics bid for DARPA’s Liberty Lifter Program

The Pentagon’s emerging technologies research arm awarded two aviation companies contracts to develop seaplanes that would fly less than 100 feet off the ground and carry 90 tons of cargo more than 6,500 nautical miles, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
General Atomics, working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, and Aurora Flight Sciences, working with Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft, each won contracts to...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/01/darpa-awards-contracts-for-long-range-liberty-lifter-flying-boat-design

DARPA To Build First NOMARS USV

DARPA seeks to build and demonstrate a revolutionary new medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) that can go to sea and perform missions with unprecedented reliability and availability, while carrying a significant payload, says an article published on Naval News.

Underway replenishment

The agency selected Serco Inc.’s design to move forward at the conclusion of Phase 1.

NOMARS took a clean-sheet approach to ship design, holding firmly to the requirement that there will never be a human on board the...

https://mfame.guru/darpa-to-build-first-nomars-usv/

DARPA moves to next phase of unmanned surface vessel project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program. The aims is to build and demonstrate a revolutionary new medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) that can go to sea and perform missions with unprecedented reliability and availability, while carrying a significant payload.

The agency selected Serco Inc.’s design to move forward at the conclusion of Phase 1.

DARPA says the NOMARS program took a clean-sheet approach to ship...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/darpa-moves-to-next-phase-of-unmanned-surface-vessel-project/

RIMPAC Testing Will Inform the Fate of Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Medium displacement unmanned surface vessels Seahawk, front, and Sea Hunter launch for the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21), April 20, 2021. US Navy Photo

The manned-unmanned teaming experimentation currently underway at the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2022 exercise will help the Navy decide the future of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle, a service official told reporters on Monday.

Speaking to reporters virtually, Rear Adm. Casey Moton, the...

Navy Creating ‘Sandbox’ to Evaluate Work from Tech Companies

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alberto Ramirez, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division uses a communication system during Urban Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2018 (ANTX18) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2018. Marines are testing next generation technologies to provide the opportunity to assess the operational utility of emerging technologies and engineering innovations that improve the Marine’s survivability, lethality and...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/24/navy-creating-sandbox-to-evaluate-work-from-tech-companies

DLBA division of Gibbs & Cox selected to support DARPA NOMARS

The DLBA division of Gibbs & Cox announced that it will be supporting DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) on its revolutionary No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) Program.

The program will design, build, and field test an unmanned surface ship that can operate autonomously for long durations at sea with no human interventions or underway maintenance. DLBA was selected by DARPA to explore the trade space for clean-sheet vessel designs developed without any provision for crew on board. The...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/dlba-division-of-gibbs-cox-selected-to-support-darpa-nomars/

DARPA Testing the Limits of Unmanned Ships in New NOMARS Program

Artist’s concept for a NOMARS design. DAPRA Image

As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) explores designs for a ship that could operate without humans aboard, the agency is keeping the Navy involved in the effort to ensure it progresses forward should the program’s work succeed.

While the Navy is creating unmanned surface vehicles based off designs meant for ships that could bring humans aboard, the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program is the first to pursue a design that...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/27/darpa-testing-the-limits-of-unmanned-ships-in-new-nomars-program

Marines Considering Adding Land-Based Hypersonic Weapons to Arsenal

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Regiment, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-18 in Yuma, Ariz. on Oct. 17, 2017. US Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps is in talks with the Pentagon’s research and development community over how a land-based hypersonic weapon could be incorporated into the smallest service’s quick-maneuver concept.

Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics in the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/18/marines-considering-adding-land-based-hypersonic-weapons-to-arsenal

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