Drones and Unmanned Systems - Air, Sea, Land, Micro & Robot Systems

WASHINGTON -- On June 11, 2026, Saronic announced plans to outfit its Marauder medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) with Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic vehicle. According to the two companies, this represents a first-of-its-kind integration.

Defense startup Castelion is reportedly increasing production of Blackbeard missiles to "several thousand" annually. The company previously announced in October 2025 that it had received several awards for the Blackbeard weapon system to be integrated onto Army and Navy platforms. Meanwhile, Saronic is in the middle of expanding its Louisiana shipyard, which the company expects to complete by the end of 2026. With the additional shipyard capacity, the company expects to deliver 20 Marauder MUSVs each year.

The collaboration follows an announcement from May 2026, which revealed that Saronic was one of seven companies selected for the U.S. Navy’s MUSV marketplace that would participate in at-sea testing in summer 2026.

Source: Saronic
Associated URL: https://medium.com/saronic-technologies/saronic-and-castelion-to-demonstrate-first-of-its-kind-maritime-hypersonic-launch-capability-b14ad34ccba8

POCASSET, Mass. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced the delivery of the first REMUS 130 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), the newest variant in its widespread REMUS UUV family. The UUV has reportedly been handed over to a U.S. ally and planned client. The REMUS 130 will succeed the REMUS 100 series and is designed to provide greater modularity, interoperability, and payload flexibility.

The two-person-portable UUV is capable of operating at depths of up to 100 m and offers up to 10 hours of endurance, supported by field-swappable batteries to improve mission availability. Built on the same technology architecture as the larger REMUS 300 and REMUS 620 platforms, the system incorporates HII’s Odyssey Autonomous Control System, advanced navigation and communications capabilities, and open-architecture interfaces that allow for the integration of commercial, government, and customer-specific payloads.

According to HII, the REMUS 130 is intended to support a range of missions, including mine countermeasures, search and rescue, seabed mapping, environmental monitoring, oceanographic research, and offshore infrastructure inspection. The delivery expands HII’s autonomous maritime systems portfolio, which now includes more than 750 REMUS vehicles delivered worldwide. REMUS systems are currently operated by 14 NATO navies and users in more than 30 countries.

Source: Huntington Ingalls Industries
Associated URL: https://www.hii.com/news/hii-delivers-first-of-the-newest-remus-variant-130

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC) has announced a strategic partnership with Florida-based boat builder, Intrepid Powerboats. The partnership is aimed to facilitate collaboration on the production of MARTAC's Devil Ray unmanned surface vehicles (USV), combining the company's design with Intrepid Powerboats industrial capacity. The agreement will see the Devil Ray produced using Intrepid Powerboat labor and infrastructure, possibly scaling production to between 200 and 300 units yearly.

MARTAC's Devil Ray series of USVs has been procured extensively by customers, including the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and is configurable to a variety of mission requirements. Per MARTAC, the USV can be fitted for ISR, patrol, stealth operations, kinetic strike, or mothership capabilities. The family ranges in size between the 20-ft (6-m) and 750-lb (340-kg) Devil Ray T18 to the 38-ft (11-m) and 4,000-lb (1,814-kg) T38 Devil Ray.

Source: Ocean News
Associated URL: https://oceannews.com/news/milestones/martac-partners-with-intrepid-powerboats-to-scale-devil-ray-usv-production/