DARPA and US Navy unveil autonomous Sea Hunter warship

Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and US Navy unveiled its new self-driving ship Sea Hunter during a christening ceremony for the vessel last week - image courtesy of DARPA

DARPA and the US Navy have unveiled a new autonomous and unarmed warship during a recent christening ceremony in Portland, Oregon.

The ship, aptly named Sea Hunter, can operate for months at a time without a crew or human control, and is set to be a game changer for the future of US naval operations. Sea Hunter uses radar and an international ship-tracking program called the Automatic Identification System (AIS) to find its sea bearings and avoid…

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