Podcast
CAVASSHIPS

Maritime Lessons Learned from Operation Epic Fury

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Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Podcast
Unmanned surface vessels supported by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) prepare for a NATO exercise offshore from the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Center in Troia, Portugal, during the 2025 Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems exercise, known as REPMUS, on Sept. 24. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)
Unmanned surface vessels supported by Naval Surface Warfare Center at the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Center in Troia, Portugal on September 24, 2025 (US Navy)

On CAVASSHIPS, Bryan Clark discusses early maritime lessons learned from Operation Epic Fury, the United States Navy’s plans to revamp its acquisition approach to mid-size unmanned surface vessels, and the Golden Fleet. 

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