By
Paul McLeary
on February 08, 2021 at 5:03 PM
The Sea Hunter, an experimental unmanned submarine-hunter.
WASHINGTON: In planning am ambitious new fleet of hundreds of unmanned ships, the Navy’s top admiral is looking to avoid the developmental issues that have plagued the service’s long-troubled Littoral Combat Ship.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told Breaking Defense he’s looking to chart a course that explicitly spells out what kind of capabilities the ships should have, how much commonality different designs will feature, and ensuring trust in tested technologies, as opposed to the unproven gear that was slapped on the LCS, leading to years of headaches and far fewer capabilities than were expected.