As the Navy begins operating its unmanned surface vessels in the fleet, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is making strides on an ambitious concept for a vessel that could operate at sea for a year without any human intervention. The vessel, called No Manning Required Ship or NOMARS, will never have a human on board while it’s at sea, unlike some of the Navy’s USVs which remain minimally manned for now. On Monday, DARPA announced it had selected Serco...
