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Ghost Fleet Overlord is a fleet of test
As of January 2024, the fleet consisted of three ships delivered and one under construction. The first was USV ''Ranger'', the second was USV ''Nomad'' and the third was USV ''Mariner''. The fourth will be USV ''Vanguard'', launched on January 15, 2024 but not yet delivered. Later in 2024, USV ''Nomad'', a converted fast support vessel, was sold by the Navy for $2.11 million and returned to commercial service.
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.
Ghost Fleet Overlord is a fleet of test unmanned surface vehicle
An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship or sea drone, is a boat or ship that operates on the surface of the water without a crew. USVs operate with v ...
s operated by the U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...
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Ghost Fleet Overlord is being developed by the Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising the six U.S. armed services: the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, ...
’s Strategic Capabilities Office. It is a partnership between the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Navy.
Vessels
As of January 2024, the fleet consisted of three ships delivered and one under construction. The first was USV ''Ranger'', the second was USV ''Nomad'' and the third was USV ''Mariner''. The fourth will be USV ''Vanguard'', launched on January 15, 2024 but not yet delivered. Later in 2024, USV ''Nomad'', a converted fast support vessel, was sold by the Navy for $2.11 million and returned to commercial service.
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 virtualised Aegis Combat System. Its test will help in 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 design ...
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*''JARI USV
The JARI USV, also known as the Orca, is an uncrewed surface vehicle developed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), specifically between its No. 716 Research Institute, the Jiangsu Automat ...
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References
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