Here’s 5 things you should know about the US Navy’s plans for big autonomous missile boats
By: David B. Larter  
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy’s yearlong fight to convince lawmakers it needed a significant investment in unmanned ships the size of offshore patrol vessels resulted in a kind of half-victory.
The Navy kicked off the drive this year, announcing it was programming $2.7 billion in funding to develop and field unmanned platforms over the next five years, buying two large unmanned surface vessels per year.
Congress approved the purchase of two large unmanned surface vessels, or LUSVs, but forbade the service from integrating a vertical launch system, which is where the Navy anticipates many of the technical difficulties inherent in their concept reside.
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