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Navy Seeks Information On ‘Attritable’ Unmanned Mother Ships

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Navy Seeks Information On ‘Attritable’ Unmanned Mother Ships
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)

A Navy office is conducting market research to find if industrial options exist for a future requirement of a 10-vessel class of expendable unmanned vehicles mother ships, called Attritable UxV Mother Ship (AUMS). The Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) within Program Executive Office (PEO) Unmanned and Small Combatants issued the sources sought/request for information (RFI) on Oct. 31. The notice said AUMS is a “potential solution to cost-effectively delivering large numbers of UxVs to forward locations in a…

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