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USNI News Navy: Large USV Will Require Small Crews for the Next Several Years Ghost Fleet Ship Nomad arriving at Point Loma, Calif., on May 29, 2021. Image via Twitter NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The emerging fleet of U.S. military Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) are set to navigate the open seas, avoid other vessels and carry out complex directives from a land-based command center over a secure commutations network. What they can’t do yet is pump their own gas. For the foreseeable future,...

By   Justin Katz on August 02, 2021 at 4:49 PM Aerial photos of USS Ranger and USS Nomad unmanned vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. (US Navy) WASHINGTON: The Navy wants to hire industry to manage the processes and infrastructure being developed at its autonomy integration lab — presenting at least one contractor an opportunity to become an integral part of the service’s broadening unmanned portfolio. The Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL) ...

USNI News Two More ‘Ghost Fleet’ Unmanned Test Ships to Join Fleet Next Year July 13, 2021 8:50 PM USVs Ranger and Nomad unmanned vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. US Navy Photo The next pair of ships slated for the Navy and the Pentagon’s test program for autonomous ships are under construction on the Gulf Coast and set to join the service next year, defense officials told reporters on Tuesday. The Navy’s two new Ghost Fleet Overlord surfac...

It was the second long-range autonomous transit through the Navy's Ghost Fleet Overlord program.

USNI News Navy Takes Delivery of Sea Hawk Unmanned Vessel Seahawk USV. Leidos Image A second medium-sized unmanned surface vessel prototype has delivered to the Navy, builder Leidos announced this week. Sea Hawk, sister ship to the Navy’s Sea Hunter, was built on the Gulf Coast and is now bound to join the Navy’s Surface Development Squadron One in California, the company said in a Wednesday press release. In 2017, the Office of Naval research awarded Leidos a $35.5 million contract to buil...

The U.S. Navy Is Getting Creative to Kill Enemy Submarines Should an enemy submarine surface well beyond undersea or surface drone detection range and send intelligence to attack platforms - US Navy platforms could be vulnerable in some instances. Fortified by targeting data from well beyond the horizon, enemy subs, planes and ships might, in this case, be well-positioned for a coordinated strike. Heres What You Need to Remember: Coordinated drone autonomy has long been a focus of a fast-progr...

Subsea Defense: Navy Deepens Commitment to Underwater Vehicles Senior Chief Mineman Abraham Garcia (left) and Aerographers Mate 1st Class Joshua Gaskill, members of the Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) test team, man tending lines during crane operations as part of an operational test conducted by members from Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR). Knifefish is a medium-class mine countermeasure UUV designed for deployment off the Littoral Combat Ship...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Jan 27, 2021 06:02 AM EST The U.S. Navy plans to expand testing of unmanned surface vessels because USVs are considered the best candidates for risky missions. The development of these systems allows more emphasis on completing the task with no danger to humans. Navy planners see the deployment of USV as cost-effective solutions for dangerous missions for humans who are not optimal for warfighting. USVs will do jobs longer Embarking on developing robotic (A.I.) art...

Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Navy to Expand Land-Based Testing for Unmanned Vessels, Conduct Offensive Firepower Analysis for USVs Navy to Expand Land-Based Testing for Unmanned Vessels, Conduct Offensive Firepower Analysis for USVs January 25, 2021 2:39 PM Medium displacement unmanned surface vehicle (MDUSV) prototype Sea Hunter is moored onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. US Navy Photo A longstanding slogan for the best use of unmanned systems is to perform “dull, dir...

By   Paul McLeary on January 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM USS Zumwalt sails with an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship WASHINGTON: The Navy plans to install hypersonic missiles on its troublesome Zumwalt destroyers, after Congress gave them the green light to start studying the move in the 2021 budget. Multiple Navy officials said this week they’re diving into the effort, even though the USS Zumwalt, the first of the three-ship class, has yet to deploy despite being christened in 2016. The tim...