Posted on Jun 10, 2021
Sailors, schmailors: Navy tests uncrewed marine drones on 5,000-mile missions - DroneDJ
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The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) revealed this week it had completed the second successful autonomous sailing of an uncrewed ship on missions of 4,421-nautical miles. That’s more than 5,100 land miles, if you please. The routes that the baptized RANGER and NOMAD craft took began in the Gulf Coast, and ended on the West Coast by way of the Panama Canal – virtually the only leg of those journeys operated in manual mode.
Sailors, schmailors: Navy tests uncrewed marine drones on 5,000-mile missions - DroneDJ
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A 2021 readiness report by the Government Accountability Office found that over 41% of Navy surface warfare officers reported degraded quality of sleep on long, dull missions, as well as those known to carry considerable risk. That, said 31.3% of sailors questioned, had resulted in occasional delays in their reaction time. A separate study found that tiredness and decreased communications caused by fatigue were the most prominent factors when onboard accidents occur.
Once use of USVs are common, however, future surveys may be required to determine whether grounded crews have started feeling unloved.
A 2021 readiness report by the Government Accountability Office found that over 41% of Navy surface warfare officers reported degraded quality of sleep on long, dull missions, as well as those known to carry considerable risk. That, said 31.3% of sailors questioned, had resulted in occasional delays in their reaction time. A separate study found that tiredness and decreased communications caused by fatigue were the most prominent factors when onboard accidents occur.
Once use of USVs are common, however, future surveys may be required to determine whether grounded crews have started feeling unloved.
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