This week, the US military christened an experimental, autonomous warship that can operate for months at a time without a crew. The newly-named Sea Hunter was developed by research agency DARPA as part of its ACTUV program — a rather unwieldily acronym that stands for Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel. The 132-foot vessel is powered by diesel engines and is designed to operate without even human remote control.
The unarmed ship was originally conceived as submarine-hunter, but military planners say it’s emerged as a flexible platform…
The US Navy’s new autonomous warship is called the Sea Hunter
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