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May 3, 2016

Unmanned ship sets sail in San Diego

  • This Navy test could revolutionize not only the military's maritime service but commercial shipping.
    • By JULIE WATSON
    Associated Press

    SAN DIEGO — The military is launching tests on the world's largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board.

    The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military's maritime service but commercial shipping — marking the first step toward sending unmanned cargo vessels between countries, according to military officials, who showed off the ship in San Diego on Monday before it was put in the water.


     
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