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Navy USVs Will Have Range In Manning

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

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Navy USVs Will Have Range In Manning

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 program manager for unmanned systems said new unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will have a range of manning as they are being developed. “Our Medium USV [MUSV] prototype is essentially unmanned. There’s… a pilot house but no accommodations,” Capt. Pete Small, Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Manager (PMS 406), said on Jan. 13 during the virtual Surface Navy Association Symposium. Small said there are things the Navy knows it cannot do completely unmanned with the MUSV yet, including getting it…

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