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Navy/USMC

Navy Weighing Approach To Building Unmanned Surface Vehicles

By Marc Selinger

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

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Navy Weighing Approach To Building Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Textron's Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. (Photo: Textron)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The U.S. Navy plans to take a “hard look” at what its future unmanned surface vessels (USVs) should look like, including whether it should develop “purpose-built” vessels or equip existing manned systems to operate in unmanned or optionally manned mode, a program official said April 3.A series of studies “over the next couple of years” is expected to help the Navy answer such questions, said Howard Berkof; deputy program manager for unmanned systems in the Program Executive Office…

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