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Luria Downplays Importance Of USVs

Friday, September 16th, 2022

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Luria Downplays Importance Of USVs

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)

A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee recently said while she sees some utility in unmanned surface vessels (USVs), she does not see a big place for them in the near term while the Navy’s top officer said testing is helping teach how to use and operate USVs in the real world. “I definitely think that there is a place in the future to have some amount of unmanned surface vessels that provide some capability, but I think…

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