HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The Mariner Ghost Fleet overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel moored at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. on Aug. 22, 2022. The vessel is expected to join its sister ships in San Diego, Calif. In fiscal year 2023. (Photo: Richard Abott, Defense Daily)

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors like concept of operations (CONOPS) and concept of employment (CONEMP) as well as directing a strategy for integration into the naval force design. One provision of the committee chairman’s mark this week prevents the secretary of the Navy from taking delivery of any USVs until the Navy Department submits a…

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

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