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Space Technology to Drive Autonomous Ships

posted by martyb on Tuesday December 05 2017, @05:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the two-words:-rogue-wave dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

ESA Director General Jan Wörner signed a Memorandum of Intent with Rolls-Royce today, as the two entities agree to investigate how space technology can be used to develop autonomous and remote-controlled ships.

The partners will pool their expertise to analyse and implement space-enabled services for autonomous and remote-controlled shipping, which reduces the opportunity for human error and allows crews to concentrate on more valuable tasks.

The plan is to study the applications of various space assets to autonomous shipping, such as satellite-based positioning, better situational awareness using Earth observation data, and satcom services for improved onboard connectivity.

The collaboration with the Rolls-Royce Ship Intelligence division aims to develop and validate new ship-to-shore integrated land-based and satellite-based systems solutions, which ESA has been working on for some time under its Satellite for 5G (S45G) initiative. S45G aims at developing and demonstrating integrated satellite- and terrestrial-based 5G services, across multiple vertical markets and various use cases.

They'll be alright until the Somalis get teenagers with laptops.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday December 05 2017, @09:30AM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @09:30AM (#605561) Journal

    Question from someone not sure of the exact meaning.. Are any of the "flyover states" actually on, or even near, a coast?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 05 2017, @02:51PM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 05 2017, @02:51PM (#605640) Journal

    Surely they can fly those autonomous, remote-controlled ships over half of America, they'll be "space enabled", right?

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    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday December 05 2017, @07:03PM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @07:03PM (#605759) Journal

      And, if they land fast enough, it won't be scrap metal, it will be mining..

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  • (Score: 2) by t-3 on Tuesday December 05 2017, @02:52PM

    by t-3 (4907) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @02:52PM (#605642)

    Of you count the great lakes, maybe, but I don't know what states are considered flyover.