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Analysis of US Navy Autonomous Ship Contracts

Patrick Finn by Patrick Finn
3 years ago
Reading Time: 20 mins read
Analysis of US Navy Autonomous Ship Contracts
Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Understanding automation in the US Navy
    • ACTUV: The Sea Hunter
    • MUSV: Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle
    • LUSV: Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  3. Conclusion
  4. Appendix

Introduction

The United States is often looked upon as a nation whose most significant export is technology. The comparatively free market economy, in conjunction with the culture, has fostered extraordinary innovation. The US is generally a producer of high-value concepts and an outsourcer of low-value production. To materially objectify this, one needs to look no further than the smartphone in your pocket—the unicorn invention of the 21st century, born from the minds in Silicon Valley and manufactured abroad. Despite the nation’s wealth in natural marine infrastructure, this trend is observably reversed for its own maritime industry.

Today the cutting edge of seafaring technology is inarguably Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS). Whether these systems function to reduce a crew’s workload, or entirely displace a redundancy of manned vessels, autonomy has the potential to propel the commercial industry into a new era of value. As such, the world’s leading maritime nations have embarked upon a series of initiatives to proactively capitalize on the opportunity as it begins. From the EU to Russia, South Korea and Japan, governments and industry are investing considerable sums to capture the early opportunity and fortify their shipping economy. Oddly, or perhaps characteristically, the United States appears to have limited national interest in the commercial advantages of MASS. With headline news rife with articles on self-driving automobiles, there is a very different story developing behind the doors of the Pentagon.

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Patrick Finn

Patrick Finn

Patrick is a Technology Analyst at Thetius and a maritime officer with experience aboard a variety of commercial sea-going vessels. Patrick is a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy and holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Vessel Operations & Technology, he closely follows new technology developments and the future of the Maritime Industry.

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