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Unmanned Sea And Air Vehicles Collaborate in International Exercise

By Marc Selinger

Friday, October 14th, 2016

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Unmanned Sea And Air Vehicles Collaborate in International Exercise

A United Kingdom Royal Navy team lowers an Iver unmanned underwater vehicle into the water pier side during the first-ever Unmanned Warrior exercise (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams)

The Unmanned Warrior exercise taking place this month off the coast of western Scotland has demonstrated the ability of unmanned vehicles in three domains and from multiple nations to collaborate, U.S. Navy participants said Oct. 14.As many as 10 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom have operated together, tasking each other to conduct surveillance of targets of interest, said Marcus Tepaske, global science adviser at the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)…

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