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By   Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:03 PM Chief Quartermaster Andrew McKnight aboard a Mark VI patrol boat with Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic WASHINGTON: The outgoing acting Undersecretary of the Navy today called for term limits on members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, complaining that members are blaming current Navy leadership for past failures.  Specifically, the Navy’s plan for new classes of unmanned ships are being questioned by lawmakers who remember past missteps like the Littoral Combat Ship, Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gr...

By   Paul McLeary on January 13, 2021 at 7:47 PM The experimental unmanned Sea Hunter is the forerunner of the Navy’s proposed fleet of robotic warships. WASHINGTON: The Navy is working on designs for its future Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels that would allow them to support small crews for limited and specific missions, the service’s top unmanned systems officer said today. Capt. Pete Small told the virtual Surface Navy convention that the Large USV will remain “essentially unmanned,” but will be equipped with room to berth a small crew to help getting underway and retu...