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Ghost Fleet Overlord Ranger / Mariner

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

Role & capabilities

  • Naval autonomy experimentation
  • Long-duration maritime surveillance
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.

Ranger and Mariner are large surface vessels used to develop and demonstrate naval autonomy. Leidos describes both as originating from fast supply vessel designs, with conversion and integration work by its Gibbs & Cox business. That origin differs from Sea Hunter and Seahawk, which were designed around autonomous operation from the outset.

The pair participated in the US Navy's Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 deployment across the Pacific alongside the two smaller vessels. This provides evidence of real deployed experimentation, including distant port visits and sustained support requirements. It does not turn aggregate fleet mileage into the range of an individual boat or establish that every subsystem operates without human supervision.

Leidos distinguishes the mechanical and electrical refinements incorporated into Mariner from the earlier Ranger. A shared programme label therefore does not mean identical hardware. The catalogue records the vessels as an established development and experimentation family, while later medium-USV production concepts need their own contracts and specification records. Publicly verified hull, payload and endurance figures were not recovered from the primary pages used in this pass and are left explicit rather than copied from secondary comparisons.

Sourced specifications

Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.

SpecificationReported valueContext & source
ConfigurationFast-supply-vessel-derived, supervised-autonomy demonstratorsPublished configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗
Hull / propulsionNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
DimensionsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
Displacement / massNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
PayloadNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
EnduranceNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
RangeNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SpeedNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
Sea state / environmentNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SensorsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
Communications / controlLeidos autonomy integration; vessel-level human supervision and support remain part of the programmePublished configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗
Launch / deploymentNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗

Publication history

  • — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. Ranger/Mariner design and Pacific deployment account (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  2. Navy operation and sustainment award (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

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