Navy pursuing fixes for robo-ships after observing ‘inappropriate’ interactions at sea

Published on January 19, 2024



The service continues to learn as it gains more experience deploying unmanned surface vessels and putting them through their paces in exercises and other scenarios.

The Navy has identified technology solutions to address problems encountered during recent deployments of maritime drones, according to a program manager.

The service has been developing and testing robo-ship prototypes to help the service prepare for a future “hybrid fleet” of crewed and uncrewed vessels. In recent months, it deployed several unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in the Pacific for Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 and other exercises. That effort generated data from thousands of hours of operations.

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