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Navy/USMC

Officials Explain Overlord USV Testing Lessons

Thursday, July 15th, 2021

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Officials Explain Overlord USV Testing Lessons

USS Ranger and USS Nomad SCO Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Eric Parsons)

Defense Department officials this week said how the Navy and Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is learning from the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to inform future larger unmanned platforms. Last month, DoD announced the second Overlord USV, named Nomad, sailed from the Gulf Coast where it was built to the West Coast. Similar to the journey of the first vessel in October 2020, the Ranger, Nomad sailed for 98 percent of the time in autonomous mode. The USVs…

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