Remote Minehunting System Source: Lockheed Martin via U.S. Navy
Bloomberg: The Navy's $864 Million Underwater Drones Still Don't Work
* Pentagon test data show 24 major failures since September 2014
* Crippled Lockheed drones towed to port seven times this year
The U.S. Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship would be ineffective at hunting for mines because an underwater drone made by Lockheed Martin Corp. that’s supposed to find them often fails to work, the Pentagon’s weapons-testing office found.
While mine-hunting is intended to be the primary combat mission of the ship, the drones required to detect underwater explosive devices from a safe distance have failed 24 times since September 2014, according to Navy test data provided to the Defense Department’s Office of Operational Test & Evaluation.
WNU Editor: back to the drawing board.
More News On The US Navy's Underwater Mine-Hunting Drone Program
Navy says underwater mine-hunting drone it spent $700million to build can't find any -- Daily Mail
$700 million mine-hunting drone can't find explosives -- CNN
The Navy Is Spending $864 Million on Underwater Drones That Don't Work -- Fortune
The U.S. Navy's $700 million mine-detecting technology fails at its only job -- Digital Trend
1 comment:
WQNU,
The solution is probably scary.
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