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Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessels Transferred From SCO to Navy

Friday, March 4th, 2022

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Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessels Transferred From SCO to Navy

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)

The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) fully transferred the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV) program to the Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) on March 3. SCO began the Ghost Fleet Overlord program in 2018 to help quicken the Navy’s adoption of unmanned and autonomous systems and vessels. The program aimed to convert commercially available vessels to autonomous operations by installing perception and autonomy systems as well as automated and improved ship system…

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