April 1, 2022
US Navy Aircraft Carriers May Soon Be Fighting Alongside Unmanned Ships and Pilotless Aircraft [external]
US Navy aircraft carriers may be deploying alongside unmanned vessels by 2027 or 2028 — or "earlier, if I can" make it happen, Adm. Michael Gilday, the service's top officer, said in February.
Those drone warships "may not necessarily be completely unmanned," but that timeline would allow the Navy to "crawl-walk-run" and have those unmanned systems available "in large numbers" by the 2030s, Gilday said, pointing to the recently activated unmanned task force as a key part of that effort.