The U.S. military has two classes of destroyers: the Arleigh Burke-class with a crew of between 303 and 323, and the ...

The ship, named the USX-1 Defiant, is the prototype resulting from about five years of work by the Defense Advanced Research ...

DARPA has its eyes on the skies with this program, but it is also going autonomous in the seas. Earlier this week, it ...

The Defiant will have to pass one final test that comes in the form of a long voyage out on the open seas, facing different ...

DARPA christened the USX-1 Defiant, a 180-foot fully autonomous medium unmanned surface vessel built for the U.S. Navy.

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Following its christening, the USX-1 Defiant soon will begin an at-sea demonstration of its reliability and endurance. The ...

A fully autonomous, unmanned surface vessel - built with no provision for human crew - has been officially christened at a ...

Defiant_, inches closer to operational status. The autonomous warship is designed for year-long, crewless sea operations.

DARPA's autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), the USX-1 Defiant, took a major step toward operational status as a bottle ...