Two Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 (USVRON 3) operate remotely in San Diego Bay ahead of the unit's establishment ceremony. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois)

The Navy last week issued a Request for Solutions (RFS) notice to find a self-sufficient maintenance sustainment and training framework that can work with its evolving fleet of Unmanned Surface Vessels that generally have short expected lifecycles. “The Navy is acquiring multiple new USV platforms with short lifecycles (approx. 5 years), but Fleet units lacks an agile tool to establish and manage the organic training, maintenance scheduling procedures, and sustainment readiness knowledge to operate these systems independently. The current hand-tailored,…