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Navy Unmanned Task Force Using Venture Capital Model For Technology Investments, Seeks To Field New Tech Within Five Years

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Navy Unmanned Task Force Using Venture Capital Model For Technology Investments, Seeks To Field New Tech Within Five Years
The formerly DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program full-scale Sea Hunter demonstration vehicle, used for modeling as a Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV). (Photo: DARPA)

The Navy’s Unmanned Task Force (UTF) has spent its first months developing a sort of venture capital model to choose promising technologies useful for warfighter problems that can be delivered within five years. The UTF began working last August while in January it officially started an initial “cross-functional pilot” the Navy expects to run for 12-18 months. In the pilot program, the UTF is working with U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Pacific Fleet to understand what specific operational problems unmanned…

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