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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. \u2014 The U.S. Navy needs to move its unmanned systems \u201cbeyond surveillance\u201d roles and toward more consequential missions, according to Rear Adm. Kevin Smith, the service\u2019s program lead on drones and small combatants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This effort will include finalizing a vision for what role the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel will play<\/a>, with the range and payload capacity to do much more than the small drones currently conducting surveillance missions in the Middle East and Latin America, he said during a panel discussion at the Navy League\u2019s annual Sea-Air-Space conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service is continuing down a path to incorporate unmanned technologies into routine fleet operations. One year into operating a hybrid manned-unmanned fleet, U.S. 4th Fleet is using unmanned surface vessels to map patterns of behavior and common trafficking routes in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in a keynote speech at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rear Adm. James Aiken, the 4th Fleet commander, said during a panel discussion that these operations are beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re putting unmanned vessels in the hands of operators, and so we see what the challenges are, being at sea for six, eight, nine months now with some of the unmanned surface vessels. And it really has challenged us\u201d to reconsider where and how they employ these vessels, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith said during the same panel that learning by using basic unmanned systems \u2014 or the \u201cminimum viable product,\u201d as he put it \u2014 is important. But at some point, he added, \u201cwe need to get beyond surveillance\u201d and begin using these sea drones for more warfare-focused operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, he said, the Navy will conduct an analysis of alternatives this year to determine what payloads can equip the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel. He added that this would go beyond surveillance and instead incorporate that information-gathering capability into the detect-identify-track-engage kill chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then-Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti delivers opening remarks during a hybrid fleet event held at Naval Air Station Key West on Oct. 11, 2023. (MC Amanda Gray\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also speaking at the conference, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti said unmanned systems are not only tools for sailors but also \u201cplayers on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked by Defense News about the move beyond experiments and into routine operations with this hybrid fleet, Franchetti said she doesn\u2019t want to squash the momentum of experimentation just yet, as sailors are collaborating with industry to find new uses for unmanned systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most important thing,\u201d she explained\u201d \u201cis to cohere [lessons from experimentation] together into a concept of operations that can apply broadly across our Navy, and I\u2019m really focused on getting to that point. But right now, I really like the fleets having this creative spirit unleashed and being able to get all their ideas out there, so then we can think about how would we elevate that into a concept of operations that we can train to, that we can resource to and that we can continue to use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that the future of our Navy is going to be a mix of conventionally manned platforms with unmanned and autonomous platforms all teamed together, so these are all the building blocks that we need to take right now to be able to get there,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though 4th Fleet and 5th Fleet are focused on maritime domain awareness in support of counter-trafficking missions \u2014 whereas 7th Fleet focuses on using unmanned systems in support of sea denial and sea control missions \u2014 the CNO said there would have to be some sort of common concept of operations across the whole service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you always need to have tailored concepts below it because each theater is different. The geostrategic environment is different. The adversaries are different. The partners are different. And so everything will need to be tailored to that,\u201d Franchetti said. \u201cBut I think having a common understanding of the who, what, why we employ unmanned \u2014 I think that will be very important for our Navy going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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