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Ghost Fleet Overlord is a fleet of test
Ghost Fleet Overlord is a fleet of test unmanned surface vehicle
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), also known as unmanned surface vessels, autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) in some cases, uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), or colloquially drone ships, or robot boats, are boats or ships that operate on the ...
s operated by the U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
.
Ghost Fleet Overlord is being developed by the Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
’s Strategic Capabilities Office. It is a partnership between the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Navy.
Vessels
As of August 2022, the fleet consists of three ships delivered, the first is USV Ranger, the second is USV Nomad, and the third is USV Mariner. The fourth ship will be USV Vanguard and is being built by Austal USA. In June 2021, there were two additional Ghost Fleet Overlord prototype USVs under construction and will be used to expand and accelerate the Navy’s experimentation and testing. While technically "uncrewed", the ships carry a crew of six human sailors. Most of the ship's functions are automated, but can be carried out manually by the onboard human crew if the need arises.Weapons
USV Mariner is outfitted with next-generation command and control systems and a virtualisedAegis Combat System
The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and it is now produced by Lockheed Martin.
Initially used by the United States Navy, Aegis is now used also by t ...
.Its test will help putting combat systems on Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles.
See also
*''Sea Hunter
''Sea Hunter'' is an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched in 2016 as part of the DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The ship was christened 7 April 2016 in Portland, Oregon. It was built ...
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