DARPA selected four companies to work on the Manta Ray UUV program which seeks to demonstrate critical technologies for new class of unmanned underwater vehicles.

The U.S. Navy recently tested the TALONS system from Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter during Exercise Recognised Environmental Picture by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) 2019.

Leidos was awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Navy to provide submarine detection sonar services.

Raytheon Company successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA's Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System, or MAD-FIRES, the US defense giant stated at Sea Air Space 2019, held in Washington.

Five teams of researchers are developing new types of sensor systems that detect and record the behaviors of marine organisms and interpret them to identify, characterize, and report on the presence of manned and unmanned underwater vehicles operating in strategic waters.