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U.S. Navy tests of autonomous drone boats off California faced setbacks last month, with collisions and software glitches highlighting challenges in the Pentagon’s push to develop a fleet of unmanned maritime vessels.
During recent U.S. Navy tests off California, autonomous drone boats faced collisions and software glitches, highlighting challenges in developing unmanned maritime fleets. One vessel stalled while another crashed into it, and in a separate incident, a support boat capsized after a drone suddenly accelerated.
The incidents involved BlackSea Technologies and Saronic vessels and were caused by a mix of software failures and human error.
The Navy and companies declined to comment.
The U.S. aims to deploy autonomous drone swarms inspired by Ukraine’s maritime drones. While Ukrainian drones cost around $250,000, U.S. vessels are more advanced and cost millions. Organizational setbacks, including a paused $20 million L3Harris contract and leadership changes, have further complicated the program.
Experts say the Navy must adapt tactics and procedures as it expands autonomous capabilities, while competition grows for larger maritime projects, including unmanned submarines and cargo ships.
T.X. Hammes, an autonomous weapons expert, commented: “You’ve got a system that’s used to building big things, taking years to make a decision, and now suddenly you’re asking them to move fast.”
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A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
A U.S.-sponsored ceasefire proposal for Gaza on Tuesday was hinging on Hamas's response to the 20-point plan which U.S. President Donald Trump has said was "beyond very close" to ending the two-year-old conflict in the region.
Volodymyr Z., a Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany over his alleged involvement in the Nord Stream explosions, has been detained in Poland, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Vietnam's most devastating storm this year brought heavy rains that triggered floods across its north, disrupting flights and train services with the capital, Hanoi, where schools were closed and many homes inundated, authorities said on Tuesday.
Türkiye has joined Spain, Italy and Greece in monitoring an international flotilla carrying aid for Gaza that was sailing east across the Mediterranean Sea on Monday despite warnings from Israel to stop the mission, flight data show.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponents appeared to make little progress at a White House meeting aimed at heading off a government shutdown that could disrupt a wide range of services as soon as Wednesday.
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