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5th Fleet USVs Keep Unclassified Tech, ‘No Intrinsic Value’ To Limit Capture Damage

5th Fleet USVs Keep Unclassified Tech, ‘No Intrinsic Value’ To Limit Capture Damage
A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel sails in the Gulf of Aqaba on on Feb. 9, 2022 during International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express 2022, the largest multinational training event in the Middle East. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dawson Roth)

A top Navy admiral said the service plans to keep unmanned surface vessels (USVs) with low to no intrinsic value or classified information kept aboard to protect against capture. “The drones retain nothing of intrinsic value on them. This is part of one of the beauties of American technology. There is nothing classified or written on the platform. What is retained is minimal, and it's all unclassified. So there's no intrinsic value to get in these platforms,” Vice Adm. Brad…

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