The U.S. Navy’s fleet of Seawolf and Virginia-class attack submarines are by far the most advanced vessel of their kind in the world, however new technologies are emerging that might change their role for ever.
While it is widely recognized that unmanned systems are slowly chipping away at the domain of manned aircraft platforms, less visible is the fact the robotic technologies are also impacting the undersea realm.
I asked several of Washington’s preeminent naval minds about what unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) might mean for the future of the Navy’s submarine force.
READ: The National Interest