Sea Hunter, a 132-foot-long trimaran completion of her first unmanned patrol

[Mr Quatro]

This kind of news gets more play over here in GT than in Sub and Naval Discussions (why I do not know) So I propose new news like this be started here and then moved over to:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=186

The research arm of the U.S. Navy has successfully sailed an autonomous ship from San Diego to Hawaii and back with little human intervention. That's a huge accomplishment for the Navy, as well as for the contractor who supplied the brains for the vessel.

The Office of Naval Research said the Sea Hunter, a 132-foot-long trimaran designed by Leidos Holdings (NYSE:LDOS), completed the mission without a crew save for short boardings from an escort vessel to monitor electrical and propulsion systems. The voyage was part of a series of tests begun in 2016 and expected to extend through the rest of the year.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/...uge-miles.aspx