Navy testing autonomous transit for high speed, cargo ship
EPF-13 is expected to be the first operational US Navy ship capable of autonomously transiting a commercial sea lane.
SCO ends Project Overlord, shifts unmanned vessels to Navy
The program produced four vessels that will now be at the Navy’s disposal.
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“We've got FFG-62. We're going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we've got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.
SCO, Navy Eye More Unmanned Overlord Demonstrations
Overlord is the Pentagon's somewhat secretive USV development program to inform the technology and capabilities that will one day be aboard most unmanned Navy ships and subs.
Israelis To Offer US Long-Range Naval Strike Missile: Sea Breaker
Israel defense sources said that, in almost all aspects, the Sea Breaker is superior to any similar weapon system used now by the US Navy and that the missile’s price will be “much less” than the price of any similar, yet less capable, missile.
Navy’s Unmanned Plan Inches Forward; Ships To Have Crew Quarters
"It is too early to say where we will end up across that portfolio, but we are investigating a range of options via our prototyping efforts," Capt. Pete Small told the virtual Surface Navy convention
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Navy Acting Undersec: USS Ford, LCS ‘Not Our Fault’
"Some of these people may have been in these jobs too long," Navy Undersecretary Gregory Slavonic suggested of House and Senate Armed Services committee lawmakers, suggesting they should be subject to term limits.
As Navy Shifts Gears, Huntington-Ingalls Buys Autonomy Firm
Huntington Ingalls, best known for building the Nimitz and Ford-class carriers, amphibious ships and nuclear submarines, is taking notes on the Navy's new plans to build unmanned ships.
2021: Stormy Seas Ahead While Navy Hammers Out New Fleet
The Trump administration waited four years to come up with a plan to increase the size of the fleet, dumping it on the Pentagon's doorstep even as the moving vans were getting ready to pull up to the White House.
Navy Awards Study Contracts On Large Unmanned Ship – As Congress Watches Closely
Today's deals for designs -- Large Unmanned Surface Vessels displacing 2-3,000 tons -- reflect the 'take it slow' approach being forced on the service.
Congress Pumps The Brakes On Navy, Demands Answers From OSD
Lawmakers “are frustrated by the Navy's last decade of cost overruns on new programs, programs being late, and technology being the thing that holds them up,” Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute says.
Bath Shipyard Scrambles As Thousands Retire; Months Behind On Destroyer Work, Says President
“Last year we hired 1,800 people, which was the most hired for 30 years I think,” BIW President Dirk Lesko said. "We probably would have hired 500 or 600 more people last year if we could have.”
Navy Wants Robot Boats But Will Still Need Sailors To Fix Them
"We need to find a balance of vehicle designs that enables the cost to be cheap enough that we can afford them, but it's not so highly optimized towards the purely unmanned spectrum that it's cost prohibitive to maintain them."
Navy Debates 355 Fleet; But Armed Robo-Ships Are Still Years Away
The admiral in charge of building the future fleet says while he doesn't know how many ships the Navy needs, he's certain it will look vastly different from today's fleet.