The new US Marine Corps plans to make unmanned
An unmanned ship capable of traveling 500 nautical miles without replenishment - these are the requirements of the United States Marine Corps, which recently opened a request for a new expeditionary sea vessel.
The United States Armed Forces are alarmed that over the last years of the struggle against predominantly partisan and rebel formations, the development vector of the Armed Forces has shifted. Based on this paradigm, the Pentagon is actively directing its efforts to prepare its forces for the fight against a more technological adversary, updating both its strategy and weapons systems.
Recently, the United States Marine Corps (ILC) has shown great interest in unmanned surface ships. He recently published a request to the leaders of the United States military-industrial complex, in which he hopes to receive a proposal for an autonomous expeditionary ship capable of sailing about 500 nautical miles without replenishment.
The request so far constitutes “conventional marketing research to study unmanned amphibious solutions to support coastal combat operations operations in a disputed environment.” So said Major Ken Kuntze, a spokesman for the Marine Corps.
According to Wayne Prender, senior vice president of Applied and Advanced Technologies at Textron, in July the ILC already tested the company’s unmanned surface vessel built by the company, also known as the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. The Textron can operate offline for up to 24 hours depending on the payload. It is believed that the Textron unmanned ship is “well suited” as the basis for the CMS long-range unmanned surface ships program.
A feature of the Textron unmanned ship is that it uses an open architecture. This means that any weapon systems can be installed on it, depending on the needs of the customer.
The ship also passed tests to protect the ship of another ship. The sensors of the system had to identify threats and position the unmanned ship in such a way as to protect the protected object. The displacement of the 12 meter ship is 7,7 tons. It is capable of speeds up to 65 km / h and is capable of transporting up to 2,3 tons of cargo.
- Lit. Gen. Eric Smith, the commander of the Marine Corps Development Department, assessed the tests, as National Defense magazine quoted him as saying.
Also in early September, the KMP tested amphibious armored personnel carriers, capable of independently or via remote control to deliver troops from expeditionary ships ashore.
One of the key indicators for this machine during testing was the successful intersection of 22 surf zones, as well as 13 open water passages in a row.
The United States Armed Forces are alarmed that over the last years of the struggle against predominantly partisan and rebel formations, the development vector of the Armed Forces has shifted. Based on this paradigm, the Pentagon is actively directing its efforts to prepare its forces for the fight against a more technological adversary, updating both its strategy and weapons systems.
Recently, the United States Marine Corps (ILC) has shown great interest in unmanned surface ships. He recently published a request to the leaders of the United States military-industrial complex, in which he hopes to receive a proposal for an autonomous expeditionary ship capable of sailing about 500 nautical miles without replenishment.
The request so far constitutes “conventional marketing research to study unmanned amphibious solutions to support coastal combat operations operations in a disputed environment.” So said Major Ken Kuntze, a spokesman for the Marine Corps.
ILC has already tested a possible prototype
According to Wayne Prender, senior vice president of Applied and Advanced Technologies at Textron, in July the ILC already tested the company’s unmanned surface vessel built by the company, also known as the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. The Textron can operate offline for up to 24 hours depending on the payload. It is believed that the Textron unmanned ship is “well suited” as the basis for the CMS long-range unmanned surface ships program.
A feature of the Textron unmanned ship is that it uses an open architecture. This means that any weapon systems can be installed on it, depending on the needs of the customer.
The ship also passed tests to protect the ship of another ship. The sensors of the system had to identify threats and position the unmanned ship in such a way as to protect the protected object. The displacement of the 12 meter ship is 7,7 tons. It is capable of speeds up to 65 km / h and is capable of transporting up to 2,3 tons of cargo.
The technology is actually quite simple. You can put it on any platform. But we are looking for a long-range vessel capable of replenishing supplies, transporting fighters or delivering goods.
- Lit. Gen. Eric Smith, the commander of the Marine Corps Development Department, assessed the tests, as National Defense magazine quoted him as saying.
Not only ships
Also in early September, the KMP tested amphibious armored personnel carriers, capable of independently or via remote control to deliver troops from expeditionary ships ashore.
One of the key indicators for this machine during testing was the successful intersection of 22 surf zones, as well as 13 open water passages in a row.
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