Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress

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Abstract:

The Navy wants to develop and procure three types of large unmanned vehicles (UVs) called Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs), Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs), and Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs). The Navy's proposed FY2022 budget requests $434.1 million in research and development funding for these large UVs and their enabling technologies. The Navy wants to acquire these large UVs as part of an effort to shift the Navy to a more distributed fleet architecture. Compared to the current fleet architecture, this more distributed architecture is to include a smaller proportion of larger ships (such as large-deck aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, large amphibious ships, and large resupply ships), a larger proportion of smaller ships (such as frigates, corvettes, smaller amphibious ships, and smaller resupply ships), and a new third tier of large UVs.

Author(s):
O'rourke, Ronald
Author Organization(s):
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC
Funding Organization(s):
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON DC , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Congressional Report
Publication Date:
2021 Oct 20
Pagination:
36

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

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Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
R45757
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Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
unmanned underwater vehicles, naval operations, unmanned systems, navy, tilt rotor aircraft, test and evaluation, unmanned maritime systems, autonomous systems, congress, cognitive systems engineering, command and control, unmanned surface vehicles, unmanned vehicles, autonomous navigation, boats, employment, naval vessels (combatant)
Keyword(s):
UVs(Unmanned Vehicles), lusvs(Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles), musvs(Medium unmanned Surface Vehicles), xluuvs(Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles), Unmanned Naval Vessels, Distributed Fleet Architecture, Hammerhead mine, boeing echo voyager, sea hunter
Subject Categories:
Mechanical, Industrial, Civil and Marine Engineering; Military Sciences; Military Sciences
Creation Date:
2021 Nov 09
Update Date:
2021 Dec 21