Say hello to underwater drones: The Pentagon is looking to extend its robot fighting forces
Boeing Echo Voyager
The 51-foot Boeing Echo Voyager is an unmanned undersea vehicle intended to roam the ocean for weeks or months. (Boeing)
Samantha Masunaga
This fall, an unusual vessel will begin sea trials off the coast of California.
The 51-foot-long Boeing Echo Voyager will have no crew. It will glide underwater for days or weeks, quietly collecting data from the ocean floor to send back to crews on ships or on land.
Ever since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, the U.S. military has relied more and more on flying drones to take on dangerous air missions. But increasingly, drones are taking to the sea as well.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-adv-underwater-drones-20160722-snap-story.html
