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The US Navy  (USN) could face obstacles in accomplishing its plans to operationally integrate robotic and autonomous systems into its fleet by 2027, with a fleet of 134 large unmanned surface and underwater vehicles by 2054, as the branch’s Navigation Plan 2024  and the FY2025 Annual Long-Range Plan for Naval Vessel Construction stated. The main challenge will be funding efforts to rapidly develop, evaluate and acquire unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) .