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Navy/USMC

DARPA Chooses Serco For Phase 2 NOMARS USV Program

Monday, August 22nd, 2022

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DARPA Chooses Serco For Phase 2 NOMARS USV Program

Artist’s concept of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program prototype selection, Serco Inc.’s Defiant. (Image: DARPA)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it selected Serco Inc. to move forward with the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) X-ship medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) program. NOMARS is a two-phase DARPA program that seeks to demonstrate the reliability and feasibility of a USV operating long missions at sea autonomously with entirely no manning. DARPA underscored this program takes a “clean-sheet approach to ship design, holding firmly to the requirement that there will never be a human on…

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