The United States' giant unmanned surface vessel (USV) prototype could soon go for its months-long open-water cruise to demonstrate its core capabilities. Named the USX-1 Defiant, the vessel is ...

The Navy of the Dominican Republic (Armada de Republica Dominicana - ARD) has received a new coastal patrol craft built by Metal Shark. The vessel is now in service with the ARD as Betelgeuse after a ...

DARPA has officially christened the USX-1 Defiant, a 180-foot unmanned surface vessel that could change naval surface warfare forever. It has been developed under the agency's No Manning Required Ship ...

Starfleet began development of the Defiant-class as a response to the growing Borg threat in 2366. The fleet was devastated by a single Borg Cube in The Battle Of Wolf 359, making it clear that a new ...

The Defiant represented the first time that Starfleet developed a ship specifically for the purpose of combat. After encountering the Jem'Hadar and their fighters for the first time, and losing a ...