Ghost in the machine: DARPA sets course towards future unmanned ASW trail ship

摘要

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency believes that long-endurance unmanned craft could change the face of anti-submarine operations. Richard Scott reports on the agency's activities in this field.rnFuture US Navy (USN) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions could be undertaken by autonomous, long-endurance unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) if a vision promulgated by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) comes to fruition.