THE BROADENING GLOBAL EFFORT TO ACCELERATE UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

 

By George Galdorisi

 

While it will take years to unpack all of the lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine, one method that has surfaced during this conflict that connects maritime warfare and unmanned surface vehicles in the use of USVs armed with explosives to attack naval vessels. This is a tactic and concept of operations that has been frequently discussed and simulated, but until now has been hypothetical..