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Ukraine is now using bomber drones launched from sea drones to attack Russian targets.
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Ukraine’s Uncrewed Surface Vessels Are Now Launching Bomber Drones To Attack Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 3, 2025

AV introduced its new Kraken3 uncrewed surface vessel at the SOF Week conference in Tampa
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New Drone Boat Unveiled At Special Operations Conference In Afterglow Of Ukrainian Success

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 9, 2025

AIM-9 Sidewinder-Armed Ukrainian Drone Boat: What We Know
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AIM-9 Sidewinder-Armed Ukrainian Drone Boat: What We Know

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 5, 2025

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told us that Ukraine used drone-boat AIM-9 missiles to down two Russian SU-30 Flankers over the Black Sea.
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Two Russian Su-30 Flankers Downed By AIM-9s Fired From Drone Boats: Ukrainian Intel Boss

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 4, 2025

Defiant Drone Ship Gets Closer To Months-Long DARPA At Sea Demonstration
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Defiant Drone Ship Gets Closer To Months-Long DARPA At Sea Demonstration

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 11, 2025

Taiwan has revealed a new drone boat, or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), the Endeavor Manta, said to be the first of its kind for the Republic of China Navy (ROCN).
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Taiwan’s Endeavor Manta Drone Boat Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 25, 2025

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) used drone boats to launch FPV drones against Russian radar systems in Crimea.
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Ukraine Launches FPV Drone Attack On Russia’s Air Defenses In Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

A slender, partially covered naval ship that recently emerged in Washington state is the Defiant, a new medium-sized uncrewed surface vessel (USV) designed from the keel up to operate without any humans ever onboard.
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Mysterious Naval Vessel Spotted In Washington State Is A New DARPA Drone Ship

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

In the coming weeks, drone boats will be plying the waters of the Baltic Sea helping to detect and deter undersea cable sabotage as part of Baltic Sentry.
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Drone Boats Being Rushed To Help Prevent Baltic Seafloor Cable Sabotage

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

After spending years charting a way forward to a family of unmanned surface vessels in a specific array of sizes and configurations, the Navy is eyeing a major course alteration that would see it pursuing a simpler and more interchangeable design.
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Navy To Simplify Drone Ship Plans, Focus On Containerized Payloads That Look Alike

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Ukraine has claimed that it’s successfully used uncrewed surface vessels (USV), better known as drone boats, to launch aerial drones against Russian targets for the first time. According to Ukrainian authorities, the first-person view (FPV) drones were employed in combat during strikes on Russian ground-based air defense systems. This is the latest development in Ukraine’s Black Sea drone war, which is seeing increasingly innovative use of uncrewed systems, including adapted air-to-air missiles launched from USVs against Russian aircraft.
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Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boats Are Now Launching Kamikaze FPV Drones At Russian Shore Targets

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 7, 2025

Ukrainian USV Mi-8 Hip R-73 missile kill Black Sea
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Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boat Shot Down A Russian Mi-8 Helicopter With A Surface-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 31, 2024

Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now Shooting Machine Guns At Russian Helicopters, Boats
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Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now Shooting Machine Guns At Russian Helicopters, Boats

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 9, 2024

Clearer views of a new Chinese trimaran uncrewed surface vessel (USV) have emerged, highlighting a number of interesting low-observable (stealthy) and other features.
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China’s New Stealthy Trimaran Drone Ship: Our Best Look Yet (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 9, 2024

We have now gotten our first look at the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) underwater thanks to the Autonomous Warrior 2024 maritime autonomous capabilities demonstration in Australia.
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Our First Look At The Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Underwater

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 25, 2024

Russia is training on using helicopters to launch FPV drones to attack Ukrainian sea drones.
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Russia Training To Launch FPV Drones From Helicopters To Counter Sea Drones

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 30, 2024

Dutch missile ship
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New Dutch Navy Support Vessels Will Be Missile-Toting Wingmen To Frigates

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

Composite image from Navy's Silent Swarm 2024 event
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Silent Swarm Exercise Accelerates Navy’s Path To Distributed Electronic Warfare Future

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 1, 2024

A jet ski loaded with explosives, and presumed to be of Ukrainian origin, has been found off the Turkish coast near Istanbul. The modified jet ski likely joins a growing fleet of Ukrainian kamikaze drone boats that have been notably effective in disrupting Russian Navy activities in the Black Sea, in the process sinking or damaging multiple warships.
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Explosives-Packed Jet Ski Drone Appears Off Turkish Coast

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

The embarked security team aboard the M/V Pumba destroyed a Houthi drone boat before it could cause any damage.
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Ship Security Team Appears To Detonate Explosive-Laden Houthi Drone Boat With Gunfire

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

The Senate Armed Services Committee has directed the US Navy to look at other missile-armed ship options in response to major delays with the Constellation class frigate program.
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Navy To Explore Arming Other Ships With Missiles Amid Constellation Frigate Woes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

Yemen has released a video showing its Tufan-1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV), or drone boat, blowing apart a target vessel during tests.
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Small, Agile Houthi Drone Boat Shown Obliterating Ship During Test

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 22, 2024

We are seeing the first image of the Houthi drone boat that struck the bulk cargo carrier M/V Tutor.
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First Look At Houthi Kamikaze Drone Boat That Struck Cargo Ship In Red Sea

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 17, 2024

Houthi drone boat Red Sea
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Houthi Drone Boat Strikes Ship For First Time Since Red Sea Crisis Erupted

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 12, 2024

New video purports to show the first Russian FPV drone attack on a Ukrainian sea drone.
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Russian FPV Drone Seen Attacking Ukrainian Uncrewed Surface Vessel For The First Time

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 30, 2024

A series of imagery confirms that the widely used Sea Baby uncrewed surface vessel (USV), or drone boat, has been equipped with Grad-series artillery rockets. The rocket-armed boat has reportedly already been used to successfully engage Russian vessels. Once again, the development demonstrates that Ukraine is exploring using its growing fleet of USVs for missions beyond one-way kamikaze attacks.
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Artillery Rocket-Firing Ukrainian Drone Boat Shown During Testing

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 22, 2024

AEVEX Aerospace, makers of the Phoenix Ghost loitering munition, now makes sea drones.
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Mako Is A Jet Ski Turned Into A Weaponized Drone

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 9, 2024

In a most unusual development in the Black Sea ‘drone war,’ Ukraine appears to have begun arming uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), better known as drone boats, with heat-seeking air-to-air missiles. The adaptation seems to have been made to provide the USVs with protection against the Russian helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that are increasingly being used to counter them, although many questions remain about how these newly added weapons are intended work.
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Now Armed With Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 6, 2024

Concept art for DARPA's medium USV "NOMARS"
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DARPA’s Defiant Fully Uncrewed Demonstrator Ship Will Hit The Seas Later This Year

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 11, 2024

Navy needs to introduce swarms to its warships now
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The Compelling Case For Arming U.S. Navy Warships With Drone Swarms

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

A German Mk 88A Super Lynx helicopter piloted by German military service members flies over the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 in the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2020. BALTOPS is the premier annual maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, marking the 49th year of one of the largest exercises in Northern Europe enhancing flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations.
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German Navy Helicopter Destroys Houthi Drone Boat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

An extraordinary video has emerged showing some of the last moments aboard the Russian Black Sea Fleet landing ship Cesar Kunikov (also written as Tsezar Kunikov) as it was attacked by Ukrainian naval drones last month.
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Russian Ship Under Drone Boat Attack Seen In Dramatic Onboard Video

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

Russia is taking a page out of Ukraine's play book and creating Naval drone regiments
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Sink Russian Navy Patrol Ship

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

The Australian government has released a new plan for the country's navy's surface fleets that calls for new classes of optionally-crewed missile-armed ships and traditional crewed general purpose frigates.
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Australia To Bet Big On Heavily Armed, Optionally Crewed Warships

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 21, 2024

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the units of the Defense Intelligence, destroyed the Caesar Kunikov large landing ship.
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Ukrainian Drone Boats Sink Another Russian Navy Landing Ship

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 14, 2024

The Defense Innovation Unit has put out a call for proposals for low-cost "interceptor" drone boats that can operate in swarms to at least find and shadow targets of interest at sea.
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Drone Boat Swarm Vision Laid Out By DoD

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) sunk the Russian missile cruiser Ivanovets with sea drones.
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Ukraine Sinks Russian Navy Missile Corvette In Drone Boat Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

Houthis unleashed a drone boat in an attempted attack on Red Sea shipping.
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Drone Boat Used In Attempted Red Sea Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 5, 2024

Ukraine's SBU says it now has a Sea Baby drone that can fire rockets.
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Ukraine’s Drone Boats Are Now Firing Rockets At Russian Ships

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 2, 2024

Ex-U.S. Navy vessel USSV HTF
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This Navy Drone Boat With A Fascinating Past Can Be Yours

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 6, 2023

Russia's Sevastopol Harbor defenses were badly damaged by Monday's Black Sea storm.
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Russia’s Harbor Defenses In Sevastopol In Disarray After Storm

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 28, 2023

The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate says it attacked Russian landing ships in Crimea with sea drones.
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Sea Drones Attack Russian Landing Craft In Crimean Port

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 10, 2023

The Navy recently conducted a test that saw an uncrewed surface vessel armed with Switchblade 300 kamikaze drones destroy mock naval targets.
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Switchblade Kamikaze Drone-Armed Uncrewed Fast Boat Tested

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 2, 2023

Satellite images provided by Planet Labs shows Russia has sunk vessels to protect the Kerch Bridge from Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel attacks.
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Russia Sinks Line Of Ships To Protect Kerch Bridge

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

Ukraine Drone Boat Bridge Attack
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New Drone Boat Named Sea Baby Used In Kerch Bridge Attack

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 16, 2023

A picture has emerged showing the hole torn in the side of the Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak by an Ukrainian drone last week.
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Image Of Russian Warship’s Hull Torn Open By Ukrainian Drone Boat Emerges

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

We now have our first look at the hole a Ukrainian drone boat attack left in the side of a Russian tankers ship.
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Our First Look At Hole Blasted Into Russian Tanker By Ukrainian Drone Boat

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 10, 2023

Drone Boat Leading Navy Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz A Sign Of Things To Come
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Drone Boat Leading Navy Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz A Sign Of Things To Come

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 9, 2023

Sig damaged after Ukrainian drone boat attack
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Ukraine Situation Report: Photos Show Damage To Russian Tanker After Drone Boat Strike

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Aug 5, 2023

Russian drone boating attacking sig
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Ukraine Situation Report: Drone Boat Attacks Tanker Ship Near Kerch Strait

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 5, 2023

Drone boat attack Russia ship
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Ukrainian Drone Boat Scores Direct Hit On Russian Warship (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 4, 2023

Sergey Kotov ship attack
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Russia Claims It Defeated Ukrainian Drone Boat Attack On Its Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 25, 2023

Kerch bridge USV attack
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Drone Boats Used In Kerch Bridge Strike: Reports (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 17, 2023

What really happened to the Russian Navy's Ivan Khurs intelligence ship remains a mystery.
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Drone Boat Attack On Russian Ship In Black Sea Story Keeps Getting Weirder

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 26, 2023

Drone boat attack Russia
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Drone Boat’s View Of Supposed Attack On Russian Ship Emerges (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 25, 2023

Our Best Look Yet At The Marines’ New Loitering Munition Toting Drone Boat
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Our Best Look Yet At The Marines’ New Loitering Munition Toting Drone Boat

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 25, 2023

Russia claims it destroyed three Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels attempting to attack a Russian ship in the Black Sea.
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Russia Claims Ukrainian Drone Boats Attacked Its Navy Ship Off Turkey

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 24, 2023

Stinger Missile-Toting Drone Boats Could Protect Navy Logistics Ships
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Stinger Missile-Toting Drone Boats Could Protect Navy Logistics Ships

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 31, 2023

Ukraine drone boats attack Sevastopol harbor.
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Purported Video Shows Drone Boats Blowing Up During Sevastopol Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

Odesa Drone Boat
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Ukraine Situation Report: This May Be Russia’s First Kamikaze Drone Boat Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 11, 2023

NAVCENT's unmanned AI Task Force 59
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Navy’s Task Force 59 To Keep Tabs On Iran With Armada Of Drones

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 12, 2023

Drone Boat Ukraine Russia harbor
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Ukraine Situation Report: Possible Drone Boat Attack On Russian Port

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 18, 2022

Ukrainian USV
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Ukraine’s Shadowy Kamikaze Drone Boats Officially Break Cover

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

Ukraine’s Unprecedented Mass Drone Boat Attack Was A Wakeup Call
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Ukraine’s Unprecedented Mass Drone Boat Attack Was A Wakeup Call

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 2, 2022