
A Navy official in charge of managing prototype unmanned sea systems this month was optimistic in how large prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) testing is going and how the systems can and will be improved. Capt. Scot Searles, program manager of Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406), said the Overlord USVs being tested in the Pacific were disabled 13 times by on-board safety personnel during the Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 [IBP 23.2] in 2023,” but less than half were related to…