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Seasats Starts Second Trans-Oceanic Unmanned Vehicle Voyage

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

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Seasats Starts Second Trans-Oceanic Unmanned Vehicle Voyage

A Seasats 10-foot Lightfish autonomous surface vehicle (ASV). (Photo: Seasats)

The maritime startup Seasats launched a second long-run sailing mission of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), this time from San Diego to Japan. The California-based company on Jan. 21 announced the launch of its Lightfish ASV on an “unsupported autonomous mission." Last year the company confirmed it completed its first long-distance 2,500-mile autonomous sailing mission from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii over 10 weeks (Defense Daily, June 21, 2024). In that initial test, the Lightfish collected information on passing…

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