Navy advances industry-led effort to establish an autonomy baseline

By Nick Wilson / August 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Earlier this year, the Navy officially selected its autonomy baseline manager, launching a new industry role tasked with creating a "baseline" of the commercially available and technically viable software and hardware for autonomous surface and undersea systems to help the Navy select and pair the best capabilities for its varying needs. The one-year, $19 million award went to SOLUTE , a subsidiary of technology company Sigma Defense, which has now begun work with PMS 406, the Navy’s unmanned maritime systems...

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