Several years ago I started attending the first Sea Land Air Space Conferences since it was known affectionately as “Navy League”. In the era of “Hunt for Red October” this show was all about sonar and all things ASW. Now in the new asymmetric era the Navy and various worldwide security forces are looking at the littoral space and wondering how to deal with the exponential threats that environment presents over simply a land border. A company that has drawn from its vast experience with UAV activity and is now as Hydronalix manifesting significant technical breakthrough in the area of maritime robotics that will demonstrates many concepts through videos at:
Having worked on the original DARPA autonomous land vehicle program in the mid 80’s it’s rewarding to witness the full coverage of autonomous capability with first the ground space, then air and now water both surface and sub surface. Several key technologies such as infrared vision, power through such capabilities that fuel cells can present and swarming behavior will be among the top challenges. One can only wonder had the Cole been protected by such technology would the terrorist act that occurred have happened.
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