The Steelnavy site is also notoriously "image unfriendly." Many people have complained that they either can't post images here, or have difficulty doing so. And I have seen multiple attempts where "link won't work" has been the response to them. It is also not uncommon for the "link won't work" response followed by "link works fine for me" responses. When people simply paste a .jpg URL in stand-alone fashion, not surrounded by parentheses (which they usually forget to space, such that the parentheses become part of the URL, ruining it) and don't try to use the site's image function, which is cumbersome, that works best here from my observations. I think between you putting a lightbox URL here, and me being on a phone not a computer, we've found ample explanations (excuses?) for the technical difficulties this ran into. In the end, your images still showed up, and were great to see as always when you add them to threads here.

This site years ago turned me on to interest in current US Navy programs, and I have then followed--to one degree or another--a number of them. One project I followed with particular interest was the LCS. That then automatically informed me of the CUSV, since LCS uses those. Beyond that, all the smaller USVs we've since added have pretty much gone under my radar. I ran into the GARC in a thread here, and looked it up. So, I knew of that. Now, you've shown me the Corsair, thank you. Beyond these, I am in the dark.

However, the larger ones have been a part of Navy force structure discussions for about a decade. They show up in Congressional reports, and I then go off and read some articles. So, I have a rough idea of their evolutionary story...how and why we got to these. So, I have the interest, and a little bit of knowledge. And you know the saying about a little bit of knowledge...I am the biggest hazard to myself that I know. 😉