DARPA seeks deep-sea drones for autonomous warfare push

DARPA seeks deep-sea drones for autonomous warfare push

: What, you didn't expect autonomous military craft to stay in the sky forever?

DARPA shares ‘Deep Thoughts’ solicitation for autonomous underwater drones

The Pentagon’s premier research and development agency released a solicitation Thursday for a program that aims to boost innovation in autonomous undersea vehicles. The program, dubbed Deep Thoughts, is focused on several technical areas, including AUV and pressure vessel designs, materials science, manufacturing techniques, embedded subsystems and payloads, mission engineering and digital engineering capabilities. Officials from the Defense Adv…

Pentagon wants to water down drone program with autonomous subs

What, you didn't expect autonomous military craft to stay in the sky forever? Drones: they're not just for the sky anymore. DARPA is seeking compact deep-ocean autonomous craft developed faster, smaller, and cheaper than today's full-ocean-depth AUV systems. . . .