Abstract:Based on concept of mosaic warfare, a grouped hierarchical small unmanned surface vehicle(USV) cluster control structure is constructed, which has the advantages of good flexibility, low communication burden, and high robustness. On this basis, three combat styles applied to the characteristics of small USV clusters, such as coordinated air defense and anti-missile combat, pre-landing concealed reconnaissance, and maritime rights defense with self-defense counterattack, were proposed. The cluster composition, load configuration and basic operations under different combat styles were planned and the main key technologies involved was analyzed, which provides a certain theoretical reference for the application of small USV cluster combat.(已改)