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[...] Robert Brizzolara, the MUSV program manager, told USNI News on April 25 at the Defense Department's annual Lab Day at the Pentagon that ONR has been focused on building an extensive body of evidence to prove to the fleet the reliability of the MUSV hull and the autonomous control system that lets it sense its way through the seas.
[...] The Navy has made clear it expects unmanned ships, aircraft and underwater vehicles to play a major role in future operations, and the service is devoting significant funds to developing and fielding these vehicles as fast as research and industry can manage. The medium USV is envisioned to be primarily a sensing platform for the fleet, while a large USV the Navy is now aggressively pursuing would be a remote shooter.
Source: Sea Hunter Unmanned Ship Continues Autonomy Testing as NAVSEA Moves Forward with Draft RFP
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 02 2019, @02:49PM (1 child)
It occurs to me that one thing an enemy cannot (easily) change is the land topology of the sea floor.
If a bot has a topology map, it could rely on that for large scale navigation porpoises in addition to other methods.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 02 2019, @04:27PM
They have been charting bathymetry for a long time but ships still run around. The oceans cover 71% of the surface of the earth. Consider the size of the problem and the technical difficulties.