Navy leadership has tasked the service to accept recommendations of an influential advisory panel to rapidly accelerate adoption of uncrewed systems as part of the fiscal year 2027 planning cycle, including providing $100 million to support "commercial tech scouting and delivery to the fleet." Last fall, service leaders directed program and budget planners to advance proposals of the Department of the Navy Science and Technology Board report on unmanned systems, which calls for a faster, parallel approach to development, rather...
