Forget Aircraft Carriers: The U.S. Navy is Ready to Send in the Drone Swarms

Published on February 1, 2024



Drone swarms could play a key role in countering China's naval build-up as the U.S. NAvy seeks to ensure it can stay dominant for decades to come. 

The United States Navy is exploring how drone swarms could be a force multiplier. This week, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) released a solicitation to industry for the development of Production-Ready, Inexpensive, Maritime Expeditionary (PRIME) small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSV) interceptors that could be employed against an adversary's fleet, and provide Collaborative Intercept Capability (CIC).

"The Department of the Navy has an operational need for small Unmanned Surface Vehicle (sUSV) interceptors, capable of autonomously transiting hundreds of miles through contested waterspace, loitering in an assigned operating area while monitoring for maritime surface threats, and then sprinting to interdict a noncooperative, maneuvering vessel. Interceptors will need to operate in cohesive groups and execute complex autonomous behaviors that adapt to the dynamic, evasive movements of the pursued vessel," the DIU announced in its solicitation.

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