Large and medium USVs need to be streamlined, surface warfare director says

By Abby Shepherd / January 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Navy should streamline its uncrewed surface vessels, Surface Warfare Director Rear Adm. Bill Daly said Tuesday at the Surface Navy Association's conference, adding that the hybrid fleet does not necessarily need platforms that are large, exquisite or unproved. “The large USV has a great purpose, but it has walked that path towards exquisite, expensive, unpalatable,” Daly said in a later Wednesday briefing with reporters. “I'm skeptical about that landing in the fleet.” Instead of different large and medium designs,...

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