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Navy/USMC

House Authorizers Look To Slow LUSVs And Retiring Ships

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

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House Authorizers Look To Slow LUSVs And Retiring Ships

A Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface test vessel takes part in a capstone demonstration during the conclusion of Phase I of the program in September 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill would limit the Navy's speed in producing unmanned vessels and limit retiring vessels as planned. The subcommittee would prohibit procuring any large unmanned surface vessels (LUSVs) until a technology maturity certification is submitted to Congress. This limitation only expires 60 days after the Secretary of the Navy has submitted to the defense committees certification that the hull, mechanical, and electric systems have been…

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