Meet the Navy’s newest sea drone squadron
By Geoff Ziezulewicz
May 24, 2024, 05:02 AM
The Navy stood up its latest surface drone squadron last week. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois/Navy)
The Navy’s surface community welcomed its newest surface drone squadron to the fleet last week during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego.
Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3, or “USVRON Three” in Navy-speak, will oversee an array of small surface drones known as “global autonomous reconnaissance craft,” the sea service said.
Capt. Derek Rader is the first commanding officer of the newly formed squadron, which will seek to further integrate drone systems into the Navy’s manned fleet.
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