The Navy is asking "hard questions" about the role unmanned ships will take in the future of surface warfare, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command official. The Navy's future surface combatant program will include an unmanned surface vessel or a family of such boats, according to Howard Berkof, deputy program manager for unmanned maritime systems (PMS 406). The future surface combatants are not expected to be deployed until the 2030s, but the service is already prototyping and experimenting with...
