{"id":2411215,"date":"2025-03-07T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strange-vessel-spotted-off-us-west-coast-appears-to-be-advanced-us-warship-photos\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:48:48","slug":"strange-vessel-spotted-off-us-west-coast-appears-to-be-advanced-us-warship-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strange-vessel-spotted-off-us-west-coast-appears-to-be-advanced-us-warship-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Vessel Spotted off US West Coast Appears to Be Advanced US Warship: Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstrange-vessel-spotted-off-us-west-coast-appears-to-be-advanced-us-warship-photos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.\u2063 Navy has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">groundbreaking\u2062 unmanned \u200bsurface vessel called<\/a> the USX-1 Defiant, which is currently undergoing testing off the coast \u2064of Washington state. Developed under the Defense Advanced\u200c Research Projects Agency&#8217;s (DARPA) No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, the Defiant measures 180 feet in length and weighs 240 metric tons. it\u2062 is\u2062 designed to operate autonomously \u2063for extended periods at sea, aiming to maximize size, cost-efficiency, and reliability while eliminating the need for human \u2063presence \u2064on board.\u2064 Construction of\u2063 this\u200d innovative vessel was completed \u2063in February 2025,\u2064 and it is\u2062 set to embark on a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-advocates-slam-white-house-for-lack-of-plan-to-evacuate-afghan-interpreters\/\" title=\"Veterans\u2019 Advocates Slam White House for Lack of Plan to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters\">multi-month<\/a> sea demonstration in spring 2025. The \u200dprogram intends\u200b to revolutionize naval architecture, allowing for the advancement of more advanced and efficient unmanned vessels capable of performing various missions. The ship, \u200bwhich cost approximately $25\u2064 million to build, has the potential to operate various payloads and contribute to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-u-s-navy-detonates-massive-underwater-explosives-around-new-aircraft-carrier\/\" title=\"WATCH: U.S. ... Detonates Massive Underwater Explosives Around New Aircraft Carrier\">distributed fleet<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-mothership-for-the-u-s-navy-heres-how-it-could-happen\/\" title=\"Drone Mother... for the U.S. ...? Here&#039;s How It Could Happen\">unmanned surface vehicles<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A ship like none that the U.S. Navy has ever launched is now sailing the waters off the coast of Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>The unmanned surface vessel USX-1 Defiant is now in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinese-navy-drone-ship-seen-sea-experts-notice-critical-detail-right-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testing phase<\/a> after being completed last month, according to a news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/research\/programs\/no-manning-required-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DARPA said the Defiant is part of its No Manning Required Ship program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spotted the experimental, newly launched, unmanned US Navy vessel Defiant USX-1 at South Whidbey Harbor in Langley, WA today! &#128064; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ft56Nvh0XU\">pic.twitter.com\/Ft56Nvh0XU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Greeness (@andrewrpg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewrpg\/status\/1897502582022816034?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Defiant is 180 feet long and weighs 240 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/darpa-reveals-powerful-new-tool-americas-arsenal-see-water-get-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DARPA<\/a> said the vessel &ldquo;will undergo extensive in-water testing, both dockside and at sea. She is scheduled to depart for a multi-month at sea demonstration in spring 2025.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The NOMARS program aims to challenge the traditional naval architecture model, designing a seaframe (the ship without mission systems) from the ground up with no provision, allowance, or expectation for humans on board,&rdquo; DARPA said in its release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USX-1 Defiant has officially launched! The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program has built a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-bidenomics-in-philadelphia-with-economic-polling-underwater\/\" title=\"Biden promotes &#039;Bidenomics&#039; in Philly despite weak economic polling.\">vessel designed<\/a> to operate autonomously for long durations at sea. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USV<\/a> For more info and images: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2pIDZyata\">https:\/\/t.co\/n2pIDZyata<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dijsxy0EIO\">pic.twitter.com\/Dijsxy0EIO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DARPA (@DARPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DARPA\/status\/1896932960881828158?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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 through stealth considerations and tampering resistance,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With scaled production, NOMARS has the potential to efficiently and cost-effectively deliver a distributed USV fleet,&rdquo; DARPA said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USX-1 Defiant. Unmanned Surface Ship.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RdG8m3BXrp\">https:\/\/t.co\/RdG8m3BXrp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcTtwnN5s8\">pic.twitter.com\/xcTtwnN5s8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hike Moncho (@eatmonranch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eatmonranch\/status\/1897429601351037436?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Serco Inc., the primary contractor for the project, has been working on the Defiant since 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/sea\/mysterious-naval-vessel-spotted-in-washington-state-is-a-new-darpa-drone-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The War Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ship without any mission systems cost about $25 million, the company has said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128248; DARPA has revealed the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS)<\/p>\n<p>The NOMARS program has built a ship designed to operate autonomously for long durations at sea. Construction of the prototype unmanned surface vessel (USV), USX-1 Defiant, was completed in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Defiant is a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZnzvGVQ0ND\">pic.twitter.com\/ZnzvGVQ0ND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kagan.Dunlap (@Kagan_M_Dunlap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kagan_M_Dunlap\/status\/1896971902960251032?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The War Zone said the ship has &ldquo;large open spaces on top of its deck in front of and behind its main mast for add-on payloads.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Various models show ships like the Defiant able to carry cargo or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sea-glows-red-navy-fires-new-laser-weapon-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The War Zone said that with one ship completed, Serco is hoping to move up to armed uncrewed ships while others would be floating logistics platforms.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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