The new USS Langley?

Stealth destroyer gets turned into a floating command node. Unmanned vehicle doctrine is being tested by the fleet. PACFLEET Preparing for 2021 Unmanned Fleet Battle Problem.

Zumwalt Destroyer Will Control Unmanned Ships, Aircraft in Upcoming Fleet Battle Problem – USNI News

The Navy will get a first glimpse of what future operations could look like, when a Zumwalt-class destroyer manages long-range surveillance and fires by manned and unmanned platforms in an upcoming exercise in the Pacific. U.S. Pacific Fleet will host its most complex exercise to date involving unma…

“We’re shooting for early 2021 to be able to run a fleet battle problem that is centered on unmanned,” Gaucher said. “It will be on the sea, above the sea and under the sea.”

The Navy has been slowly deploying unmanned systems in fits and starts as it continues to develop a firmer outlook on how it will use the systems in the future. Far from armed and autonomous systems, the Navy has mostly small-scale unmanned surface and subsurface systems in the region. The Navy’s Sea Hunter surface vehicle has been testing with the Navy’s Surface Development Squadron 1. USNI News previously reported Sea Hunter Medium USV would operate with a CSG later this year. In the air, the Navy deployed the MQ-4 Triton long-range surveillance UAV to Guam. The Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) have deployed with Mk 18 Mod 1 and 2 Kingfish UUV. Gaucher mentioned the Navy had deployed a modified Iver3 UUV from nuclear attack boat USS Mississippi (SSN-782).

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