DARPA developing unmanned sub hunters

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Submarine combat may seem like an obsolete relic from World War II films and Cold War thrillers, but the past 20 years have seen a growing number of increasingly quiet diesel-electric submarines turning up in some very unfriendly navies. In order to counter this threat, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Virginia to develop unmanned submarine hunters capable of operating for months on end without human intervention... Continue Reading DARPA developing unmanned sub hunters

Section: Military

Tags: Autonomous, DARPA, Robots, SAIC, Submarine, Unmanned, Warfare

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