US Navy armed unmanned boats

The US Navy will study the shock capabilities of unmanned boats. On the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy appeared information that the division of Naval Sea Systems Command and the company Textron signed a contract to equip various types of weapons unmanned boats CUSV (Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle).

CUSV is essentially a modular payload bay and a flexible open architecture. Thanks to the successful design, we can easily change the purpose of the boat, equipping it with new equipment

- said Wayne Prender, head of the unmanned systems for Textron.

Surface combat Drones are already actively used in Israel and Singapore, in addition, many countries of the world create and test unmanned boats with various types of weapons. The US Navy also purchases CUSV-type unmanned boats for its coastal ships, but they were originally planned to be used as a "passive platform for mine action."

Now the military command fleet The United States has decided to change the purpose of unmanned boats and plans to test them with missile, small arms and artillery weapons. CUSV type boats can potentially be equipped with AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles, machine guns or high-speed small-caliber guns on a remotely controlled combat module, as well as a target designation system, reports "Warspot"

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[katalonec2014]

They say it’s the war that pushes scientific progress forward, but as we can see, the pre-war period does not lag behind, military robotics is rapidly spreading around the planet.

[Shurik70]

Quote: katalonec2014

They say that war pushes scientific progress forward, but as we see, the pre-war period does not lag behind

It seems like Israel was the first to put these on stream, there have been prototypes since the invention of radio control. And Israel cannot be called "resting in a peaceful, friendly environment"

[voyaka uh]

We have several types. One of them:
firms Elbit

[san4es]

Quote: voyaka uh

We have several types. One of them:
firms Elbit

... KATANA yet

[polpot]

Remote-controlled boats are not a novelty since the beginning of the 1930s. The question is the need for such systems.

[dauria]

[quote question about the need for such systems] [/ quote]

The question is already different - "Why is a person needed on board an airplane, boat, submarine?" It turns out that not really needed. Opponents screaming that the connection is broken and the khan - so electronic brains already have sufficient autonomy and intelligence, and a fighter with a pilot, but without communication with the ground - is generally useless

[Mestny]

Ask how many people are in the crew of a submarine with nuclear weapons on board. What are the principles of controlling such a ship. Communication problems.
And try to imagine an unmanned option.

[dauria]

And try to imagine an unmanned option

Artificial brains are the business of the next decade. This is reality, and you cannot run away from it anywhere. Unfortunately, we can’t see the championship

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[san4es]

Quote: polpot

Remote-controlled boats are not a novelty since the beginning of the 1930s. The question is the need for such systems.

... Then there were no such weapons / target designation / search systems

Now the command of the US Navy decided to change the purpose of unmanned boats and plans to test them with missile, small arms and artillery weapons. CUSV type boats can potentially be equipped with AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles, machine guns or high-speed small-caliber guns on a remotely controlled combat module, as well as a target designation system

[zzdimk]

And they, too, from the coast under control can be taken like ordinary unmanned aerial vehicles?

[Vard]

You can take control ... You can simply crush the connection with interference ... As for intelligence ... This is not in this century ..

[voyaka uh]

Management via encrypted channels. Frequency is continuously changing
according to the algorithm. Such electronic warfare costs 10 times more than a boat.
AI is already there, and it is being used at all, for your information.

[san4es]

CUSV is essentially a modular payload bay and flexible open architecture.

[Russia]

A warship will ensure its safety, but for yachts of the alegarchs, that’s it.