{"id":51174,"date":"2025-07-29T21:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/29\/navy-calls-for-fast-attack-surface-drones-that-could-carry-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:03:34","slug":"navy-calls-for-fast-attack-surface-drones-that-could-carry-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2025\/07\/29\/navy-calls-for-fast-attack-surface-drones-that-could-carry-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy calls for fast attack surface drones that could carry missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy unveiled its new Modular Attack Surface Craft program, which would likely see unmanned surface vessels carrying missiles long distances at sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program calls for the development of a rugged, flexible and high-capacity unmanned surface vessel, or USV, capable of hauling a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/0f71ba21fdf6421da8306caf82b38170\/view\" rel=\"\">\u201ccontainerized payloads,\u201d<\/a> per a July 28 solicitation. Such payloads would include the maximum equivalent of more than four 40-foot containers \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/naval-news\/2025\/07\/u-s-navy-sets-sights-on-fleet-wide-family-of-unmanned-ships\/\" rel=\"\">cargo that would roughly equal the size<\/a> of the Navy\u2019s anti-ballistic missile system, the Mark 70 Mod 1 Payload Delivery System. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMASC seeks to leverage cutting-edge technologies and modular design principles to create adaptable and resilient solutions that can effectively counter evolving threats,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/0f71ba21fdf6421da8306caf82b38170\/view\" rel=\"\">according to the solicitation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As shipbuilding efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/26\/navy-budget-seeks-to-boost-modernization-of-fleet-shipyards\/\" rel=\"\">have staggered over the years<\/a>, the Navy has increasingly turned to containerized missile systems to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2024\/12\/11\/lcs-is-back-with-firepower-upgrades-including-new-missile-launchers-says-secnav-del-toro\" rel=\"\">add to the weapons capacity of existing warships<\/a>, USNI News reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new USVs are requested to be \u201cnon-exquisite,\u201d and be easily built and repaired, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2025\/07\/28\/navy-seeks-new-fast-attack-surface-drone-design\" rel=\"\">according to Navy documents<\/a>. The solicitation also asked that they be compatible with the needs of international allies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new solicitation comes on the heels of numerous attempts by the Navy to field new technology to solve cost, shipbuilding and modernization issues over the last several months. Autonomous vessels have been put forward as a solution to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/naval\/2025\/07\/09\/new-aircraft-carriers-face-years-of-delivery-delays\/\" rel=\"\">a decades-long struggle within the Navy to obtain new ships<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unmanned vessels featured largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/26\/navy-budget-seeks-to-boost-modernization-of-fleet-shipyards\/\" rel=\"\">in the Navy\u2019s fiscal 2026 budget<\/a>, with $203 million requested for surface vessels, $715 million for air systems and $668 million for underwater systems. 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