Navy's plans for uncrewed vessels buoy interest from House lawmakers

By Linda Hersey / June 12, 2023 at 3:40 PM
The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee is asking the Navy to schedule briefings with lawmakers by Dec. 1 on plans for developing, deploying and integrating uncrewed vessels and autonomous vehicle technology into maritime operations. The subcommittee’s draft mark-up of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill released Monday includes a series of requests for information from naval leaders on the research, development, testing, evaluation and potential use of uncrewed vessels at sea. Among the briefing requests is...

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