The U.S. Navy is not only fast-tracking a new fleet of drone boats but also arming them with new weapons, sensors, and cutting edge radar systems to align with its emerging Distributed Maritime Operations strategy...an evolving concept aimed at networking a growing fleet of manned and unmanned systems operating with ever-increasing levels of autonomy.
The exploration of unmanned systems weapons and technology integration aligns with the Navy’s current push to expand the integration of a new family of highly sensitive and much longer-range SPY-6 radar applications across a wider sphere of platforms, to include the new Frigate (FFG/X), amphibs, and even the Littoral Combat Ship. SPY-6 radars operate with as much as thirty-five times the detection capability of most existing radars, bringing ship commanders and ability to detect objects twice as small and twice as far away as current systems....MORE
