New details about MASC USV emerge in Navy budget proposal

By Abby Shepherd / July 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As the Navy prepares to combine medium and large unmanned surface vessel efforts into one program, fresh details have emerged in the service's fiscal year 2026 budget request, which details research and development plans for the new Modular Attack Surface Craft program. Following a November meeting between lawmakers and the Navy on funding to support MASC -- the merger of LUSV and MUSV into a new medium-sized USV -- plans for the new program have been revealed in the Navy’s...

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