Maritime Autonomy - Brochure

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Navy, and Intelligence Community are turning to unmanned maritime autonomous platforms to reduce cost and risk, increase capability and capacity, and enable new missions. Autonomous platforms are also central to executing the Third Offset Strategy—the pursuit of next-generation technologies with the goal of strengthening deterrence—in a budget and resource-constrained environment. To achieve mission success, these platforms must demonstrate autonomous behaviors and performance, including development, integration, testing, command and control, logistics, and maintenance. In addition, the platforms need the flexibility to integrate new mission payloads cost-effectively and easily undergo performance improvements.