Navy: Large USV Will Require Small Crews for the Next Several Years

Ghost Fleet Ship Nomad arriving at Point Loma, Calif., on May 29, 2021. Image via Twitter

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The emerging fleet of U.S. military Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) are set to navigate the open seas, avoid other vessels and carry out complex directives from a land-based command center over a secure commutations network. What they can’t do yet is pump their own gas.

For the foreseeable future, the LUSVs will require a small crew detachment aboard to carry out tasks not...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/03/navy-large-usv-will-require-small-crews-for-the-next-several-years

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