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Capable of traveling for months over thou-
sands of miles of open ocean at a maximum
speed of 27 knots, the Sea Hunter can operate
autonomously with human supervision or be
teleoperated.
"Although ACTUV will sail unmanned, its
story is entirely about people," said DARPA pro-
gram manager Scott Littlefield in a statement.
"It will still be sailors who are deciding how,
when and where to use this new capability."
Testing will be done jointly by DARPA and
the Office of Naval Research before the ship is
turned over to the Navy.
PORTLAND, ORE.— A new un-
manned anti-submarine vessel de-
veloped by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
has begun open water testing off the
coast of California.
The Sea Hunter, developed un-
der the ASW Continuous Trail Un-
manned Vessel (ACTUV) program,
is optimized to track quiet diesel
electric submarines. It may also be
used for counter-mine missions.
DARPA-developed submarine hunter enters testing
Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Win $1M In Ocean
Data Collection
ALAMEDA, CALIF.— Saildrone, a California
firm building unmanned sailboats designed
to support high-resolution ocean research, will
award 30 days of free data collection to the most
impactful mission submitted to it in 2016. The
many sensors available for the research, which
the firm said would be worth $1 million if done
using a research ship, include a PAR sensor, an
anemometer, an IR pyrometer and a sensor
for dissolved oxygen. Saildrones, comprised of
composites, can go anywhere in the ocean and
send back data back via satellite link in real
time. Traveling at 3 to 5 knots Saildrones have
already covered some 50,000 nautical miles,
sometimes in very stormy seas, without a loss.
The winner will be announced in January.
More information is available at https://mis-
sion.saildrone.com.
The Sea Hunter
was christened April 7.