US Navy MUSV program moves to at-sea surrogate testing with selected firms

The post describes the U.S. Navy’s new Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Family of Systems acquisition effort, including near-term at-sea testing using surrogate vessels and a shift from the canceled Modular Attack Surface Craft concept. While not a frontline combat report, it signals accelerated development and evaluation of autonomous/uncrewed surface vessels intended for multiple missions and containerized payload carriage.