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GAO Says Navy’s Unmanned Vessel Plans Need To Better Plan Out Efforts, Not Estimating All Costs

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

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GAO Says Navy’s Unmanned Vessel Plans Need To Better Plan Out Efforts, Not Estimating All Costs

A Government Accountability Office image from an April 2022 report showing how Navy unmanned surface vessels could participate in future operations. (Image: GAO)

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Navy needs to better plan its work to create and transition unmanned systems in the future fleet, ranging from better estimating costs to planning out how to move from prototypes to active systems. The report noted that while the Navy has established strategic objectives for various unmanned vessel efforts, “it has not established a management approach that orients its individual uncrewed maritime efforts toward achieving these objectives. As such, the Navy…

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