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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Ghost Fleet Overlord Ranger / Mariner

Large fast-supply-vessel-based USV demonstrators with documented US Navy deployment, distinct from Sea Hunter and Seahawk.

Country / region
United States
Programme status
In service / use documented
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedIn service / use documented
Primary domain
Sea surface
System type
Uncrewed surface vessel
Developer / manufacturer
Leidos / Gibbs & Cox programme integration
Origin / production countries
United States
Other names
OUSV Ranger; OUSV Mariner
Variants / configurations
Ranger; Mariner
Operators / programme customers
United States Navy

Evidence & current status

Procurement, trials and service are distinguished; family figures are not transferable between variants.

Role & capabilities

  • Naval autonomy experimentation
  • Long-duration maritime surveillance

Specifications in context

Configuration
Fast-supply-vessel-derived, supervised-autonomy demonstrators

Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance.

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Hull / propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Displacement / mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sea state / environment
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / control
Leidos autonomy integration; vessel-level human supervision and support remain part of the programme

Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance.

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Launch / deployment
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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