Navy's New Unmanned Plan Short on Specifics, But Big On Ambition « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary
By Paul McLeary on March 16, 2021 at 2:35 PM An unmanned ship, part of the Strategic Capabilities Office’s Ghost Fleet Overlord program WASHINGTON: A new Navy document offers a broad outline for developing and fielding new generations of unmanned platforms, while refusing tie the service to any one capability, platform, timeline, or budget. Next month, the Navy will also kick off a major exercise of the California coast to begin working through how to operate unmanned vessels and crewed ships together, putting a Zumwalt destroyer in the water to act as a testbed for the effort. Overall...