RFI-2027-0210
Unmanned surface vessel fielding and fleet integration
HAC-D · SSIC 5216 · Suspense 2026-07-24
Part a.
Provide the Navy’s approach to fielding unmanned surface vessels and integrating them into fleet operations, including reliability and sustainment considerations.
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ETMS2-1180277
Hearing
Member RFI, 2 Jul 2026
Received
2026-07-10
OPR
N81
OCR
N83
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**Draft response — Unmanned Surface Vessels (RFI, Rep. Alarcon)** The Navy is advancing unmanned surface vessel capability through iterative experimentation and disciplined transition to fielding, integrated with manned forces under distributed maritime operations.¹ Reliability growth and a sustainment approach are addressed as part of the transition, consistent with balancing current readiness and modernization.²
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