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Navy/USMC

Two More Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessels To Sail Next Year

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

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Two More Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessels To Sail Next Year

USS Ranger and USS Nomad SCO Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Eric Parsons)

Defense officials confirmed this week two more prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are under construction on the Gulf Coast and will join the Navy by the end of fiscal year 2022. These two ships will have incremental improvements over the first two Defense Department Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) Ghost Fleet Overlord USVs previously sent from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast, where Surface Development Squadron One (SURFDEVRON) in San Diego, Calif. operates. Last month, the Pentagon said the second…

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