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Berger: Marine’s LRUSVs “Primarily” For ISR, Unmanned For Logistics

Monday, September 19th, 2022

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Berger: Marine’s LRUSVs “Primarily” For ISR, Unmanned For Logistics

Artist concept of the Metal Shark Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel system for the U.S. Marine Corps. (Image: Metal Shark)

The Commandant of the Marine Corps last week said the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) the service is developing will primarily act as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform and the service is looking into other unmanned assets to aid logistics. “What does it allow us to do that we can't do right now? One is range across the surface of the water. The second, we're going to use it primarily not as a kinetic platform, but as…

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