Drone boat rescues crew of downed US Apache Helicopter
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Buoyed in the Pacific, small sea vessels have traveled autonomously from San Diego shores to locate Chinese ghost fleets in Taiwanese waters. These small skiffs, created by San Diego-based startup Seasats,
An autonomous drone boat, co-developed by Indian-American Vibhav Altekar, rescued two US Army Apache crew members after their helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz.
A fleet of autonomous vessels backed by the US Navy has been launched off California to hunt down Chinese ghost ships. San Diego startup Seasats crafted the special boats to perform intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions at sea without a human operator onboard.
The U.S. Navy's top drone task force in the Middle East only started operating the Corsair uncrewed surface vessels in March.
The Defense Department is using autonomous surface vessels to patrol the waters of the Rio Grande to detect drug smugglers and deter illegal crossings.
West News Desk AUSTIN, TX — An autonomous drone boat known as the Corsair has successfully performed the first-ever rescue of personnel by an uncrewed surface vessel for the US military. The operation took place near the Strait of Hormuz,
A 24-foot autonomous drone boat just saved two American lives — and may have permanently rewritten the rules of military search and rescue.
US president blames Tehran for loss of Apache gunship, whose crew were rescued by a drone near strait of Hormuz