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Navy Plans Industry Day For Future Unmanned Surface Vessel

Friday, May 16th, 2025

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Navy Plans Industry Day For Future Unmanned Surface Vessel

The Mariner Ghost Fleet Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel moored at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. on Aug. 22, 2022. Two 20-foot payloads sit at the front of the payload deck. (Photo: Richard Abott, Defense Daily)

The Navy plans to host an industry day next month to brief vendors on its needs for the Future Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program, according to a May 16 notice. The industry day, to be hosted by Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants’ (PEO USC) Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) in the Washington, D.C., area on June 17, seeks to give industry a better idea of how it wants the Future USV to fit into the future…

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