Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat

Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat

The Navy stopped a maritime drone test early and urgently requested support from the Coast Guard and local harbor patrol agents to help rescue a participating tugboat captain from waters off the California coast last week, multiple sources told DefenseScoop. Navy officials revealed earlier this year that the sea service would be expanding operational tests and other deployments of small unmanned vessels around Naval Base Ventura County and the V…