US Navy May Put Autonomous Tech on Crewed Ships to Prevent Collisions
It’s the same technology already being used on uncrewed vessels.
Marcus Weisgerber
By Marcus Weisgerber
Global Business Editor
January 11, 2022
The U.S. Navy is considering installing autonomous technology currently used on crewless ships on warships driven by sailors as a way to improve safety on the high seas.
The service has been testing uncrewed, autonomous ships and submarines, which officials consider a necessary piece of the future fleet. But the technology has largely been limited to exercises and sea trials, as policymakers grapple with how these vessels would be used in combat.
Installing autonomous and machine-learning technology on a crewed ship could be one way to prove the tech works, said Tom Reynolds, senior director of business development for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions, a company that specializes in this type of technology.
“We don't have to jump to unmanned right away,” Reynolds said Tuesday at a Surface Warfare Association conference in Arlington, Virginia. “A bridge to getting the unmanned could be...the integration of autonomy onto manned platforms, and just have it run in the background.
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