The Senate Appropriations Committee is the only one of four key congressional panels overseeing the Pentagon's budget expressing support for the Navy's plan to purchase two unmanned surface vessel prototypes. The program in question is the Large USV , a $2.7 billion effort derived from the Strategic Capabilities Office's Project Overlord. The service's fiscal year 2020 budget seeks $372 million in research and development funding to purchase two prototypes configured by the SCO. The future years defense program would see...
