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Navy/USMC

Navy Unmanned Campaign Plan To Be Released Within Weeks

Tuesday, January 12th, 2021

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Navy Unmanned Campaign Plan To Be Released Within Weeks

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)

A new Navy campaign plan that combines all unmanned system development is expected to be released within “just a few weeks,” the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) said Monday. This unmanned campaign plan “explains our taking those programs in the air, on the sea and under the sea together to try to and get us to a point by the end of the decade where we can scale and potentially, let’s say within 10 or 15 years, have a quarter…

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