The US Navy has formed a new unit to help the service successfully integrate small but advanced maritime drones into its forces.
Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron Three, under the command of Captain Derek Rader, will oversee a “fleet” of small uncrewed surface vessels known as the Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC).
USVRON Three’s establishment is the most recent move in the sea service’s journey to building a hybrid fleet comprising manned and unmanned systems.
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