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Navy/USMC

CNO Creating Navy Task Force To Push Unmanned Integration Within Decade

Thursday, September 9th, 2021

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CNO Creating Navy Task Force To Push Unmanned Integration Within Decade

USS Ranger and USS Nomad SCO Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Eric Parsons)

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy is creating a new unmanned task force to quicken the pace of integrating unmanned systems into the fleet. Speaking at the virtual Defense News conference on Sept. 8, CNO Adm. Mike Gilday said he is not yet satisfied with the pace at which the Navy is working with unmanned systems, despite advances like the first Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 2021 conducted in April. The exercise aimed to…

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