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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of next year’s installation of hypersonic missiles, the Navy took one of its most advanced warships out for a three-month underway in the Western Pacific to test the ship’s capabilities and reliability, the commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet told USNI News. USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), this month, wrapped up an operational testing period […]

The Navy decommissioned USS Coronado (LCS-4) Wednesday, ending the ship’s time in the fleet after less than a decade. Coronado is the third Littoral Combat Ship the Navy has decommissioned, with the sea service aiming to deactivate another nine as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget. USS Independence (LCS-2), the first of its class, was decommissioned in […]

The U.S. Navy has added a third vessel to its fleet of medium-sized uncrewed workboats, which were first developed and unveiled by the Pentagon-run "O...

The Royal Navy has acquired a modified commercial crewboat to use as a testbed for future technologies, including autonomous systems. The service orde...

Four prototype unmanned surface vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC) exercise, delivering warfighting capabilities and extending the reach of the manned US fleet with fewer risks to the warfighter.

The US Navy has announced the participation of four prototype uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in the multinational exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII – With its four experimental unmanned surface vehicles in Hawaii, the Navy is testing news manned-unmanned teaming concepts at the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise this month. The service’s two Ghost Fleet Overlord test ships – Nomad and Ranger – are here operating off the coast of Hawaii, along […]

The U.S. Navys San Diego-based unit for high-tech vessel testing, Surface Development Squadron One,...

The US Navy's Pacific Fleet (CNSP) established Unmanned Surface Vessel Division (USVDIV) One during a ceremony held on 13 May.

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,...