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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: Marines Want Autonomous Boats with Kamikaze Drones
Description: Metal Shark. Loitering munitions. Collaborative swarming behaviors.That’s who and what this episode will cover, thanks to a recent agreement between the Marine Corps. and Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark for a new type of long-distance, autonomous warship.Technically classified as the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV), the objective for Metal Shark will be to create a 30’ craft capable of providing unmanned operations in delivering drones, or the aforementioned loitering munitions, that are capable of collecting information about a potential target before blowing it up.These Kamikaze drones would form what the...