Continuing the quest to keep humans and explosions far, far away from each other The U.S. Navy has long used MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters to find and detonate underwater mines, but those helicopters were first tested in the 1970s and are set to retire in 2017. Now, new reports suggest the Navy will pass the task on to small, unmanned boats. The robots are officially categorized as "Unmanned Surface Vehicles," USV, and they would tow mine detection sonar and magnetic sensors behind them. Their sm...
Continuing the quest to keep humans and explosions far, far away from each other The U.S. Navy has long used MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters to find and detonate underwater mines, but those helicopters were first tested in the 1970s and are set to retire in 2017. Now, new reports suggest the Navy will pass the task on to small, unmanned boats. The robots are officially categorized as "Unmanned Surface Vehicles," USV, and they would tow mine detection sonar and magnetic sensors behind them. Their sm...
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