After travelling nearly 50,000 nautical miles, four unmanned surface vessels returned to Naval Base Ventura County on Monday, marking the end to another Navy unmanned capabilities exercise. The Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 was the third exercise under the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Experimentation Plan. During IBP 23.2, the USVs participated in the Navy Large Scale Exercise in August, as well as a Royal Australian Navy autonomous exercise in November. The exercise allowed concepts of operations to be tested with warfighters in...
