Maritime System
REMUS 620
Long-endurance medium-class autonomous underwater vehicle designed for modular payload and survey missions.
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54 results for “defense missions”
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Robot
Mission Master SP
Mission Master SP is a compact electric uncrewed ground vehicle in Rheinmetall's autonomous Mission Master family, configured for evaluation in logistics, observation…
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Drone
Bayraktar AKINCI
AKINCI is a twin-engine high-altitude uncrewed combat aircraft designed for long-endurance surveillance, command support and multi-payload defense missions.
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Drone
Bayraktar TB2
Bayraktar TB2 is a remotely piloted fixed-wing aircraft used for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other defense missions.
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Maritime System
Iver4 900
Iver4 900 is a modular autonomous underwater vehicle for extended survey, sensing and defense missions, with field-reconfigurable payload and communications sections.
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Drone
Ghost
Ghost is Anduril's expeditionary uncrewed aircraft family for reconnaissance and situational-awareness missions.
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Drone
MQ-9A Reaper
MQ-9A is a remotely piloted, long-endurance aircraft used for ISR and strike missions. Operational details vary by operator and configuration.
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Maritime System
Mission Specialist Defender
Portable observation-class remotely operated vehicle with configurable thrusters, sensors, and manipulators.
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Industry
Defense
Defense robotics spans uncrewed air, ground and maritime systems, logistics, reconnaissance and counter-system technologies.
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Robot
THeMIS
THeMIS is a modular tracked uncrewed ground vehicle family that accepts logistics, reconnaissance, engineering and other defense payloads on a common hybrid-electric…
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Drone
MQ-28 Ghost Bat
MQ-28 Ghost Bat is an Australian-developed uncrewed collaborative aircraft designed to team with crewed aircraft through an open architecture and interchangeable mission…
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Drone
Predator C Avenger
Predator C Avenger is a jet-powered remotely piloted aircraft designed to combine higher transit speed with long-endurance surveillance and multi-mission payload…
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Maritime System
Bluefin-21
Large autonomous underwater vehicle developed for deep-water survey and search missions.
Open record → Matched: dual use -
Maritime System
Bluefin-9
Portable autonomous underwater vehicle designed for survey, search, and environmental monitoring missions.
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Maritime System
REMUS 130
Portable autonomous underwater vehicle designed for rapid deployment, survey, research, and selected defense missions.
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Maritime System
REMUS 300
Modular autonomous underwater vehicle developed for portable survey and mine-countermeasure missions.
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Drone
Bayraktar KIZILELMA
KIZILELMA is a jet-powered uncrewed combat aircraft under flight development for collaborative air operations and operation from short runways.
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Drone
Switchblade 600
Switchblade 600 is a portable extended-range loitering munition that combines onboard sensing, operator supervision and a recoverable-abort function in a single uncrewed…
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Drone
Bayraktar TB3
Bayraktar TB3 is a folding-wing uncrewed combat aircraft developed for short-runway takeoff and landing, including operations from ships with compact flight decks.
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Robot
Spot
Spot is a commercial quadruped mobile robot used for remote inspection, sensing and data collection.
Open record → Matched: dual use -
Maritime System
Bluefin-12
Modular autonomous underwater vehicle designed for survey and search operations.
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Drone
V-BAT
V-BAT is a ducted-fan vertical-takeoff aircraft used for ship- and land-based reconnaissance missions.
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Drone
Gray Eagle 25M
Gray Eagle 25M is a modernized long-endurance uncrewed aircraft for reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition missions, built around modular open-system…
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Drone
Puma AE
Puma AE is a hand-launched small uncrewed aircraft family for land and maritime observation missions.
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Drone
CAMCOPTER S-100
CAMCOPTER S-100 is an uncrewed helicopter system for land- and ship-based missions that carries interchangeable sensing payloads without requiring a prepared runway.
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Maritime System
Manta Ray
Manta Ray is a full-scale uncrewed underwater demonstrator developed for long-duration, long-range autonomous missions with modular payloads and low-power seabed…
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Maritime System
HUGIN
HUGIN is a family of autonomous underwater vehicles for seabed mapping, inspection and defense-related missions.
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Company
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
GA-ASI develops remotely piloted aircraft and related mission systems.
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Maritime System
REMUS 6000
Deep-ocean autonomous underwater vehicle designed for long-duration survey and search missions.
Open record → Matched: dual use -
Maritime System
Seaeye Leopard
Work-class electric remotely operated vehicle designed for inspection and intervention missions.
Open record → Matched: dual use - Related records
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Company
AeroVironment
AeroVironment develops small uncrewed aircraft and other defense systems.
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Company
Anduril
Anduril develops defense autonomy software, sensors and uncrewed air and maritime systems.
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Robot
Vision 60
Vision 60 is a modular quadruped uncrewed ground vehicle built for mobility across rough terrain, with perception-assisted walking and route-level autonomy for…
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Space Robot
LEV-1
Small hopping lunar excursion vehicle deployed during the SLIM landing mission.
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Robot
Type-X RCV
Type-X is a tracked robotic combat-vehicle platform developed for mechanized-unit support, with remote operation and autonomous functions including waypoint navigation…
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Drone
Raven B
Raven B is a lightweight, hand-launched small uncrewed aircraft system intended to give small units portable daytime and infrared reconnaissance.
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Application
Firefighting Robotics
Robots can support reconnaissance, hose handling or monitoring in selected fire environments.
Open record → Matched: reconnaissance -
Company
Shield AI
Shield AI develops autonomy software and uncrewed aircraft, including V-BAT.
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Application
Bomb Disposal
Remotely operated ground robots let trained teams inspect and manipulate suspected explosive devices from a distance.
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Robot
AgXeed AgBot 5.115T2
Tracked autonomous agricultural vehicle designed to pull compatible field implements.
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Drone
Falco Xplorer
Falco Xplorer is a remotely piloted fixed-wing aircraft developed for persistent strategic surveillance with automatic takeoff and landing and an open payload…
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Drone
Mojave
Mojave is an expeditionary short-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft demonstrator derived from the Predator family for operations from austere fields and compact…
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Drone
MQ-25A Stingray
MQ-25A Stingray is an uncrewed carrier aircraft being produced to provide autonomous aerial refueling and extend the operating reach of U.S. Navy carrier air wings.
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Drone
MQ-4C Triton
MQ-4C Triton is a high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft designed to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance over large ocean…
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Drone
Skeldar V-200
Skeldar V-200 is a medium-range remotely piloted helicopter for land and maritime sensing, controlled through high-level autonomous commands from a remote pilot station.
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Autonomous Vehicle
EasyMile EZTow
EZTow is an autonomous electric tow tractor for airports, factories and logistics hubs, designed to move heavy loads between indoor and outdoor mixed-traffic areas.
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Maritime System
Orca XLUUV
Orca is an extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle program designed for long-range autonomous operation with a modular payload bay and minimal support from a host vessel.
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Space Robot
OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM
Robotic sample-acquisition arm used by OSIRIS-REx to collect material from asteroid Bennu.
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Space Robot
Pragyan
Six-wheeled lunar rover carried by Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander for in-situ elemental measurements near the lunar south polar region.
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Space Robot
SORA-Q / LEV-2
Small transformable lunar robot deployed by SLIM to move on the surface and photograph the lander.
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Drone
Skydio X10
X10 is an autonomous enterprise quadcopter for inspection, public safety and related operations.
Open record → Matched: dual use -
Maritime System
Saildrone Voyager
Voyager is an uncrewed surface vehicle for ocean mapping, maritime domain awareness and data collection.
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Application
Search and Rescue
Response robots can help search unstable, remote or hazardous areas while carrying cameras and sensors.
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Regulation
DoD Directive 3000.09 — Autonomy in Weapon Systems
Directive 3000.09 establishes DoD policy and review requirements for autonomy in weapon systems. The official directive controls; this neutral summary does not…