USMC's LRUSV, Long Range Unmanned (and optionally manned) Surface Vessel (robo-boat)

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The U.S. Marine Corps future Long Range USV by Metal Shark

Naval News
Published on 26 January 2021

Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected to develop and implement the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) System for the United States Marine Corps.

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The LRUSV System will usher in a new era of naval technology while increasing the lethality of U.S. forces, with a network of unmanned vessels traveling autonomously for extended ranges and transporting loitering munitions to address targets at sea and on land.

This tiered, scalable weapons system will provide the ability to accurately track and destroy targets at range throughout the battle space. While fully autonomous, the vessels may be optionally manned and they will carry multiple payloads, which they will be capable of autonomously launching and retrieving.

Metal Shark has enlisted autonomous technology developer Spatial Integrated Systems, recently acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries, to provide the autonomy solution for the LRUSV system.

In addition to the autonomous LRUSV, Metal Shark will also produce manned support vessels for the LRUSV system utilizing its 40 Defiant military patrol craft platform, which the builder is currently producing to create the U.S. Navy’s new “40 PB” patrol boat fleet.

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[Albany Rifles]

But can you surf behind it?

[tbm3fan]

Oh oh, I see surface kamikazis in the future by third parties who could afford this to strike a larger target than they could normally do. The larger target usually being us. Probably damn near impossible to pick up on radar due to its size. We've seen what a garbage scow can do.