UK engineering firm Rolls-Royce is developing an autonomous ship with a range of 3,500 nautical miles, according to a company statement. The 700-ton vessel will be able to reach 25 knots and can operate beyond the horizon for more than three months, and will be used for "patrol and surveillance, mine detection or fleet screening". Rolls-Royce added it had developed what it believed was the "world’s first intelligent awareness system combining multiple sensors with artificial intelligence".
UK engineering firm Rolls-Royce is developing an autonomous ship with a range of 3,500 nautical miles, according to a company statement. The 700-ton vessel will be able to reach at least 25 knots and can operate beyond the horizon for more than three months, and will be used for "patrol and surveillance, mine detection or fleet screening". Rolls-Royce added it had developed what it believed was the "world’s first intelligent awareness system combining multiple sensors with artificial intelligence".