The NOMARS program’s demonstration vessel, USX-1 Defiant, completed construction in February 2025.
The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program has built an unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed from the ground up to never accommodate a human aboard, the USX-1 Defiant.
By removing the human element from all ship design considerations, the program intends to demonstrate significant advantages, to include: Size, cost, at-sea reliability, greater hydrodynamic efficiency, survivability to sea-state, and survivability to adversary actions.
NOMARS is the kind of experimentation that could define a future hybrid maritime fleet, a manned-unmanned team with the ability to adapt and scale.
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