New USN MUSV

johnpjones1775 said:
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Mysterious Naval Vessel Spotted In Washington State Is A New DARPA Drone Ship

USX-1 Defiant is meant to operate with no humans onboard for long periods, with missile carrying variants eyed for future production.
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This hull shape reminds me quite a bit of the tow tank model shown for DDG(X), with an extended raked stem. It's not too much different in scale of the AESD built to test some DD-21 technology. Wonder if they are getting a twofer, testing the NOMARS tech for MUSV and the hull shape for future crewed large combatants.
 
The planned direct follow-on is interesting as well:
The company has also shown how the USV might be armed using what BAE Systems is now marketing as the Adaptable Deck Launching System (ADL). The ADL is a modular angled launcher designed to fire missiles from the same canisters used with the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) found on many U.S. and foreign warships. As such, ADLs can launch a variety of surface-to-air, anti-ship, and land-attack missiles, as well as anti-submarine rockets.
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However, Serco has already been actively pitching Defiant as at least a pathway to a range of operational capabilities, including new armed USVs and ones capable of acting as uncrewed logistics platforms. The company has already been working on a larger USV concept called Dauntless leveraging the work done under NOMARS, which could be armed with up to four ADLs, as well as carry other payloads.
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ORIGINAL CAPTION: A model of the Dauntless USV concept depicted with four ADLs. Joseph Trevithick
 

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