{"id":67498,"date":"2024-05-08T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/08\/seals-want-loitering-munitions-aboard-insertextract-patrol-boats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:07:13","slug":"seals-want-loitering-munitions-aboard-insertextract-patrol-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2024\/05\/08\/seals-want-loitering-munitions-aboard-insertextract-patrol-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"SEALs want loitering munitions aboard insert\/extract patrol boats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Special operators are testing ways to add loitering munitions and other payloads to the medium-size, 60-foot watercraft used to insert and extract SEAL teams on special missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past four years, Special Operations Command<\/a> troops have been working through ways to add a launcher kit to the Combatant Craft Medium<\/a>, or CCM, a 60-foot-long boat with a top speed of 52 knots that carries a crew of four and has space for 19 more passengers and a total load of 10,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims to give boat operators an onboard \u201cstandoff, loitering, man-in-the-loop weapons system\u201d that can target \u201cindividuals, groups, vehicles and small, oceangoing craft,\u201d according to program materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, the launcher can also carry other \u201ceffects\u201d such as surveillance drones, electromagnetic warfare pods or sensor packages for a variety of missions, according to Navy Cmdr. Marty Burns, program manager for maritime surface systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t