An artist rendering of the autonomous vessel.
The drone war taking place over the skies of Afghanistan,
carrying out remotely-piloted attacks on terrorist targets, will soon
take an unexpected turn — underwater.
The new 'drone ship' is called the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vehicle (ACTUV), and once completed, it will be a totally autonomous, submarine spying platform.
With 43 countries fielding submarines, it's getting
tougher for the Navy to track the estimated 600 of them. That may change
with the ACTUV program, led by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Raytheon Corp. working to develop it.
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