Navy Unveils Plan for 45% Unmanned Surface Fleet by 2045

No longer 'experimental': Navy to deploy drone boats this year, official says

A Navy official said he expects by 2045 for nearly half of all naval surface vessels to be unmanned.

Navy ramping up sea drone arsenal as officials aim for half of the surface fleet to be unmanned by 2045

Senior officials shed new light on a variety of moves the Navy is making to normalize operations that integrate drones across the force.

US Navy to deploy unmanned systems with surface forces this year

The Navy is on course to stand up new unmanned surface vessel divisions in the coming weeks, service officials said.

Navy plans for MUSV in carrier strike group, USV squadrons in every fleet

After the addition of its third unmanned vessel squadron in 2025, the Navy's Surface Development Group ONE is planning to achieve multiple milestones in the coming years, including the integration of unmanned surface vessels previously used solely for experimentation. Within the next few months in fiscal year 2026, the Navy will stand up three early command USV divisions and will accept the delivery of two upgraded prototype versions of the medi…

Greater uncrewed role for US Navy | The Australian Naval Institute

The U.S. Navy is moving swiftly to integrate and deploy unmanned surface vessels, with three USV divisions slated to be created this month (January 2026) week and two medium USVs to be operating under fleet control this year, Military Times reports. Capt. Garrett Miller, the commodore of Surface Development Group One, made the announcements last […]

Navy Should Consolidate Command-And-Control Platforms For Unmanned Vessels, Official Says

The Navy has more command-and-control platforms than it needs and should limit these to ensure more constancy across its fleets, the officer in charge of technology and innovation at the […]