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The Navy is trying to make unmanned systems a more normal part of daily operations, even as experimentation continues to refine concepts of operations.
"We are in demand, more in demand than we’ve ever been, and that will continue to increase," Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach said at the Sea-Air-Space confab.
The needs are perhaps most clear for the Navy, and yet even for that service, the technology — and the path to using it more widely — is still maturing.
The Navy's top civilian called the establishment of a robotics warfare rating "a significant milestone" in the service's journey toward a hybrid fleet.
The U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Maritime Administration are looking at industrial base investments, commercially available ships and new acquisition models.