Navy, Marines Push Plans To Transform How They Fight
Putting a variety of unmanned capabilities through their paces “in a Pacific warfighting scenario,†Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher, Pacific Fleet’s director of maritime headquarters, said in a statement, the exercise “will include maneuvering in contested space across all domains, targeting and fires, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance."
By Paul McLeary on April 16, 2021 at 3:38 PM
WASHINGTON: The Navy and Marine Corps are testing radically new ways of operating in the Pacific by sending experimental unmanned ships into an ambitious exercise next week. Underpinning that exercise is an ambitious new plan for island-hopping that demands a fast implementation timeline.
On Monday, the Navy’s 3rd Fleet kicks off its first Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 off the coast of California; a Zumwalt destroyer will command and control a variety of unmanned ships and aircraft.
Putting a variety of unmanned capabilities through their paces, “in a Pacific warfighting scenario,†Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher, Pacific Fleet’s director of maritime headquarters, said in a statement, the exercise “will include maneuvering in contested space across all domains, targeting and fires, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance.â€
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/04/navy-and-marine-corps-push-plans-to-transform-how-they-fight/
