Senate authorizers are signaling concern with the Navy's plan to combine medium and large unmanned surface vessel efforts into one program -- the Modular Attack Surface Craft. The MASC program would convert seven commercial offshore support vessels that would be delivered by 2027, according to the report accompanying the Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense authorization bill, released earlier this month. However, authorizers take issue with MASC, saying it would not align with the Navy’s long-term objectives, and that it “may...
