The US Navy has given its drone boats an at-sea pit stop, testing a robotic connector that can catch, refuel, and release an unmanned surface vessel (USV) without sending it back to port.
Backed by US Fleet Forces Command and the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Dahlgren and Carderock divisions, the demonstration took place off Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia.
The test paired a navy-owned T38 remotely controlled USV built by Maritime Tactical Systems with Sealartec’s towable capture and connection device (TCCD), a robotic refueling system.
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