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PORTLAND, Ore. (Apr. 7, 2016) Rear Adm. Mat Winter, chief of naval research, offers remarks during a christening ceremony for Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel during a ceremony held in Portland, Oregon. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel which is able to travel thousands of miles over the open seas for months at a time without a crew, and with a high degree of autonomy in operation. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)160407-N-PO203-420
PORTLAND, Ore. (Apr. 7, 2016) The Honorable Robert O. Work, deputy secretary of defense, offers remarks during a christening ceremony for Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel during a ceremony held in Portland, Oregon. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel which is able to travel thousands of miles over the open seas for months at a time without a crew, and with a high degree of autonomy in operation. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)160407-N-PO203-475 PORTLAND, Oregon (Apr. 7, 2016) Dr. Arati Prabhakar, director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), breaks a bottle over the bow of Sea Hunter during a christening ceremony for an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel during a ceremony held in Portland, Oregon. Prabhakar was joined by, from left, The Honorable Robert O. Work, deputy secretary of defense, Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, director, unmanned warfare systems, Rear Adm. Mat Winter, chief of naval research, Scott Littlefield, Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program manager, DARPA, and Roger Krone, chairman and chief executive officer, Leidos. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)160407-N-PO203-577 PORTLAND, Oregon (Apr. 7, 2016) Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel gets underway on the Williammette River following a christening ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Part the of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel and several innovative payloads, with the goal of transitioning the technology to Navy operational use once fully proven. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)160407-N-PO203-326
PORTLAND, Ore. (April 7, 2016) Rear Adm. Mat Winter, chief of naval research, offers remarks during a christening ceremony for Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel during a ceremony held in Portland, Oregon. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel which is able to travel thousands of miles over the open seas for months at a time without a crew, and with a high degree of autonomy in operation. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)
In a training first, an Army National Guardsman used a tablet to control Sikorsky's optionally piloted Black Hawk and plan its task during an exercise.
Industry and military drone operators flew tethered and untethered first-person drones through a course designed to test endurance and maneuverability.
