Rolls-Royce Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWAI)

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I thought we already had a thread on Rolls-Royce's drone ship program, but either I misremembered, or else our search engine has gone feral again.

Anyway, here's a quick update on the program via gCaptain:

https://gcaptain.com/rolls-royce-reveals-latest-vision-for-drone-ships-this-is-happening/​

Here's a related SP thread on Rolls-Royce's ongoing bridge technology program: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22355.msg237671.html

 

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Britain's first robot ship prepares to set sail

Autonomous vessels may offer solution to pandemic struggles

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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On a related note:

Rolls-Royce secures UK funding to support naval autonomy

Rolls-Royce has been awarded funding by the MoD to further develop and demonstrate the 'Artificial Chief Engineer' technology.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk