Surface Warfare Experts Innovate for Future Fleet at New Navy I-Lab [Image 2 of 4]

UNITED STATES

11.20.2008

Photo by Stacia Courtney 

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

DAHLGREN, Va. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) engineers launch a Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle at the Potomac River Test Range. A panel session on the Fleet's integration and interoperability of unmanned systems, such as Scan Eagle, took place during a Surface Warfare Innovation Workshop sponsored by NSWCDD and the Navy War College at the Navy's newest Innovation Lab in October, 2017. Panel members and technologists brainstormed to innovate for the future Navy in terms of interoperability, mission planning, enhanced weapons, and inexpensive deployed unmanned systems. NSWCDD is now planning for a workshop on autonomy enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning via unmanned surface ships that may be held in cooperation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems in conjunction with the Navy's surface and undersea warfare centers. "It would explore near, mid, and far-term unmanned system integration opportunities for unmanned surface ships," said Nelson Mills, I-Lab's director of innovation. "These integration opportunities include the range of surface force employment of unmanned surface vehicles and ships." (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.20.2008
• Date Posted: 11.20.2017 20:59
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