By Lt. Cmdr. U.H. (Jack) Rowley, USN (Ret.) 03/16/2023 In an address at the 2022 AFCEA/US Naval Institute “West” conference, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday revealed the Navy’s goal to reach 500 ships by adding approximately 150 unmanned maritime vehicles to the Navy’s inventory. This plan added additional detail to the Navy’s Unmanned

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — All Gulf Cooperation Council countries plan to expand the multinational fleet of unmanned surface vessels in the Middle East, possibly tripling their situational awareness in countering drug and arms trafficking, according to a top U.S. Navy commander in the region. Related Articles ABOUT ABOUT US WHO WE ARE MARTAC

NAVAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE23 Future Force is a professional magazine of the naval science and technology community.Published quarterly by the Office of Naval Research, its purpose is to inform readersabout basic and applied research and advanced technology development efforts funded by the Department of the Navy.The mission of this publication is to enhance awareness

Dr Sidharth Kaushal 2 February 2023 In late 2022, Ukraine launched an audacious raid on the Russian Black Sea Fleet using a combination of UAVs and uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The innovative use of USVs as ‘suicide craft’ was of particular note to many commentators, with some heralding the attack as the portent of a