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Navy Developing Standards-Based Acquisition For Unmanned Technology

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

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Navy Developing Standards-Based Acquisition For Unmanned Technology

Various unmanned systems sit on display in Manama, Bahrain on Nov. 19, 2022 in advance of the three-week Digital Horizon 2022 unmanned and artificial intelligence exercise starting on November 23. (Photo: U.S. Army by Sgt. Brandon Murphy)

A Navy official this week said the service is trying to develop a standards-based approach for unmanned acquisitions, but admitted getting industry to all agree on the standards is a challenge. “Here's the little dilemma that we have: industry is in it to build a capability and own that capability and support that capability, that's traditional acquisition. We're now trying to come up with an approach that is more based on standards. So if I want to scale a Navy…

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