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Marines To Soon Test Robotic Vessel To Resupply Missiles To Shore

Marines To Soon Test Robotic Vessel To Resupply Missiles To Shore
An Oshkosh Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fire vehicle, consisting of an unmanned Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, fired a Naval Strike Missile towards a surface target at sea during a test of the Naval Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) at Point Mugu Sea Range in November 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A top Marine Corps official Wednesday said that early next year the service plans to test an autonomous vessel moving a few Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) to shore to reload ground-based Marine Corps batteries. At the Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PCC4) event, due to occur around February - March 2024, the Marine Corps will bring its experimental Autonomous Low Profile Vessel that “has a lot of promise,” Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, said during…

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