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Navy/USMC

Navy Needs USV Ecosystem With Surge Capacity And Adaptability Cycle Ahead Of Adversaries, Admiral Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 14th, 2025

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Navy Needs USV Ecosystem With Surge Capacity And Adaptability Cycle Ahead Of Adversaries, Admiral Says

Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa. Navy photo.

Ukraine’s successful use of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to bottle up Russia’s Black Sea fleet combined with exercises and experimentation with these technologies by the U.S. Navy shows that USVs are part of the future toolkit for the service, which needs to be able to surge production of these systems and continually adapt their capabilities ahead of countermoves by adversaries, the Navy’s top officer for Europe and Africa said on Tuesday. Adm. Stuart Munsch described the ability to surge production…

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