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Navy/USMC

Leidos Starts Building New Small USV In Australia, Faster Variant Of Marine Corps ALPV

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

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Leidos Starts Building New Small USV In Australia, Faster Variant Of Marine Corps ALPV

Artist concept of the Leidos Sea Archer small Unmanned Surface Vessel, based around being a faster version of the Sea Specter Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel (ALPV). (Image: Leidos)

Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday announced it has started work on an Australian-build of its Sea Archer small unmanned surface vessel (USV), based around being a faster version of the Marine Corps’ drug runner-inspired Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel (ALPV). The company said Sea Archer is built around speed and endurance, able to reach sprint speeds of up to 40 knots and has a range of 1,500 nautical miles. It has a payload bay capacity of almost 2,000 pounds and can support missions…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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