🇺🇸 The Navy just signed up for a 180-foot robot ship that went from drawing board to open water in under a year Saronic won the production deal for Marauder after sea trials where it tracked and steered around other vessels on its own, including tests where it had to find and fo

🇺🇸 The Navy just signed up for a 180-foot robot ship that went from drawing board to open water in under a year Saronic won the production deal for Marauder after sea trials where it tracked and steered around other vessels on its own, including tests where it had to find and follow ships using only sensors that send out no signal, so there was no radar to give it away. CEO Dino Mavrookas says the line is already moving: "We've now flipped our third Marauder hull, with several more moving through the production line behind it." A Navy that waits years for every new warship needs shipyards that move like this, and robot hulls built this fast could fill the gaps a stretched fleet can't cover on its own. Writer: Daniel, Val https://t.co/sVfVN9J4zO