"The Unmanned Surface Vessel (MDUSV) Sea Hunter" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Feb 2019 3:15 p.m. PST |
"On its website, Leidos, a FORTUNEŽ 500 science and technology leader, announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vessel (MDUSV), Sea Hunter, became the first ship to successfully autonomously navigate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back without a single crew member onboard, except very short duration boardings by personnel from an escort vessel to check electrical and propulsion systems…."
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| Thresher01 | 06 Feb 2019 8:50 p.m. PST |
Hmmm, no crew. A pirate crew's "wet dream" both literally and figuratively. Should make those boarding actions a lot less costly. |
pzivh43  | 07 Feb 2019 5:45 a.m. PST |
Unless the ship has auto sentry guns! |
| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2019 11:21 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 07 Feb 2019 11:52 a.m. PST |
Translation: Ships at sea still need maintenance, at least once a week. Until you figure out self-repairing systems, ships are going to need to be manned for missions longer than 1 week. |
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