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USNI News: Navy Racing to Test, Field Unmanned Maritime Vehicles for Future Ships
With unmanned vehicles integral to the future of the Littoral Combat Ship, the Future Surface Combatant and the next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine, the Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office is testing as many unmanned vehicles – both programs of record and prototypes alike – as fast as it can to learn lessons and field systems to the fleet.
Capt. Jon Rucker, the unmanned maritime systems program manager (PMS 406) within the Program Executive Office for Littoral Combat Ships, told USNI News in a recent interview that he’s had the ear of the chief of naval operations, the resource sponsors at the Pentagon, researchers and engineers at warfare centers and systems commands, and industry as he’s pushed to develop unmanned maritime systems and integrate them into how the Navy operates.
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Unmanned drone the size of a bird carrying a miniaturised nuclear warhead. Hell make it a flying fish or even a shark. Thats what these people fail to realise in a real wartime situation a single man with an idea can sway a war.
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