Navy Fast-Tracks New Large "Strike Warfare" Attack Surface Drones

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Navy Fast-Tracks New Large "Strike Warfare" Attack Surface Drones
Warrior Maven


By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven

The Navy is moving fast to build new medium- and large-sized armed surface attack drones able to hunt submarines, surveil the air and sea and launch offensive attacks across air, surface and undersea domains.

Called the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) and Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LUSV) - the new platforms are described by Navy developers as “anti-surface and strike warfare” vessels.

While the new surface drones are being engineered for a range of missions, to include anti-submarine sonar applications, large drone fleet command-and-control and sweeping ISR (Intelligence, Reconnaissance, Surveillance) -- Navy Unmanned Systems Program Manager Capt. Pete Small said that the drones will “bring in Navy program of record weapons systems to incorporate into commercially-derived modular craft.”

https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/sea/navy-fast-tracks-new-large-strike-warfare-attack-surface-drones-vMBZm-l51UaikVu8kF8t6Q/

[Smokin Joe]

Integrated drone systems are likely key to surface vessel survivability in a reduced fleet. Without the sheer numbers we had in WWII, the force multipliers, defensive and offensive, as well as recon, are going to be needed.