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SASC Leaders Urge Navy To Help Push Funds From Large To Medium USVs

SASC Leaders Urge Navy To Help Push Funds From Large To Medium USVs
The Mariner Ghost Fleet overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel moored at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. on Aug. 22, 2022. The vessel is expected to join its sister ships in San Diego, Calif. In fiscal year 2023. (Photo: Richard Abott, Defense Daily)

The leaders of a Senate panel are pushing the Navy to redirect funds and focus from Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs) to Medium USVs (MUSVs), according to a November letter. While they support the Navy’s work to transition to a hybrid fleet that incorporates unmanned systems, “we are concerned, however, with the direction of Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV),” Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said in…

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