Essentially why I'm back in. Just a sucker for the demand of new tech I guess
. Just gotta snag one contact and it's on again. A fool (dreamer) and his money I guess....GLA. Back when it turns up. GLA
• In June 2019, U.S. Officials announced a goal of building up a coalition designed to deterIranian attacks in the Persian Gulf. This so-called, ‘Sentinel Program’ is designed to keep eyeson maritime trade routes.
• Oil Tanker attacks spurred an increase in maritime security spending in June and July 2019.
• The long string of strikes by Houthi rebels on vessels transiting the Red Sea, a crucial globalmaritime lane, using anti-ship cruise missiles, explosive-laden remotely operated boats, andimprovised weapons has created a more urgent need for advanced naval defence systemsglobally and demonstrated the need for the specific unmanned underwatervehicles/unmanned surface vehicles of the kind offered by the Company for minecountermeasure operations.
• In April 2019, the UK Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, announced that the governmentwill provide a £75 million fund for the Royal Navy to develop more lethal and autonomoustechnologies.
The Navy will use the investment for mine hunting drones and autonomousvessels designed to find and destroy mines.• The UK government is also funding a major military-industrial technology accelerator hub,focused on the development of technologies to maximise the lethality and autonomy ofrobotic weapons, such as unmanned underwater vehicles, for use at sea.
• In April 2019, the US Navy funded an additional US$46.7 million contract modification forBoeing to build an Orca undersea drone, bringing the firm’s total contract value for thesebuilds to US$274.4 million. This demonstrates the Navy’s willingness to make significant expenditures on unmanned underwater vehicle technologies.
• The US Department of Defence is seeking sharp spending increases to its autonomousweapons programs, according to the fiscal year 2020 budget request submitted to Congressin March 2019.
• The US Pentagon 2020 budget request asks for a nearly tenfold increase to the Navy’sspending on large unmanned surface vehicles, and the Army aims to boot roboticsdevelopment from US$74 to US$115 million at the same time.
• The UK Ministry of Defence has launched a £2.5 million competition to attract industryproposals capable of delivering a fully autonomous system of the size and capability ofcurrent manned platforms.
Geez Would you look at all that soak volume at support.....
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