The Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LUSV) is an unmanned surface vessel designed for the United States Navy and set to begin construction in 2020. Designed to be low-cost, high-endurance, reconfigurable ships based on commercial designs, they will have the capacity for modular payloads such as anti-ship, anti-submarine or anti-air weapons.

Mar 27, 2025 · The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $54.0 million in research and development (R&D) funding for the LUSV program, $101.8 million in R&D funding for the MUSV program, $92.9 million in R&D ...

Jan 16, 2024 · The Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) will be a class of optionally or lightly manned vessels that are between 200 to 300 feet (60 to 91 meters) in length and 1,000 to 2,000 tons in displacement. According to the U.S. Navy’s latest budget documents, the vessels will, “support Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and provide the Joint ...

Apr 5, 2023 · The CDD lays out the key requirements for the LUSV – thought to be about the size of an offshore support vessel for the oil and gas sector – that will go to industry.

Dec 2, 2024 · Two key senators with defense oversight powers are asking the U.S. Navy to drop its Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LUSV) program, one of two major acquisition initiatives aimed at...

Mar 2, 2023 · In an “Every Ship a SAG” model, LUSV ships would start as individual early commands for post-Division Officer Lieutenants, whereas multiple LUSVs would be organized into a Squadron, led by a post-Department Head Early Command Officer.

Dec 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy successfully completed a milestone “no touch” 720-hour continuous power demonstration of a diesel generator for Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) operations.

Mar 22, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program reached pivotal milestones earlier this year after several industry teams successfully completed extended...

Aug 30, 2021 · Austal concept of Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) showing an optionally-manned bridge, VLS cells and engine funnels amidships. Note that there is plenty of free deck space with a tethered UAS aft of the ship.

Apr 2, 2024 · The U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program has reached a milestone after several industry teams completed extended reliability demonstrations of four different engine configurations.