U.S Reveals Autonomous Vessel System Which Can Switch Between 5 Different Naval Operations
At the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Ghostworks unveiled MRLN, a groundbreaking remote-pilot autonomy system.
Rather than being a new physical boat, MRLN acts as a mission-management layer designed to let a single uncrewed surface vessel pivot between multiple naval missions without switching platforms.
It was developed in collaboration with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) and Mercury Marine; the system integrates seamlessly with Ghostworks’ proprietary M-Hull and powercat vessel designs.
Naval architecture usually forces a compromise between speed, operating range, and payload capacity.
According to Ghostworks CEO Brooke Kerschbaumer, MRLN was built to break these constraints, granting commanders field-flexible…