
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] unveiled its new Proteus unmanned surface vessel (USV) last Thursday for use in testing and development of autonomous capabilities. The Proteus USV is 27 feet long and outfitted with Sea Machines’ SM300 autonomy system. The company said the vessel successfully completed a demonstration on May 14 off the coast of Panama City, Fla. In the demonstration, the Proteus was equipped with “commercial perception sensors” like GPS, automatic identification system, depth transducer, radar and a 360-degree field…