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Navy League 2016: Boeing-Liquid Robotics partnership yielding persistent unmanned maritime ISR capability
Grace Jean, Washington, DC- IHS Jane's Navy International
20 May 2016

Key Points
  • Boeing-Liquid Robotics team striving to enable SHARC to autonomously task UAVs to look at targets
  • Allowing autonomous systems to conduct broad area maritime ISR not only reduces manpower but also increases the effectiveness of manned platforms
Two years after signing a teaming agreement, Boeing and Liquid Robotics have evolved their persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability into a stealthy detector and potential unmanned system tasker in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) demonstrations, officials toldIHS Jane's.

The team's Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft (SHARC), created by marrying Liquid Robotics' autonomous Wave Glider SV3 with Boeing's sensors and communications expertise, has demonstrated an ability to communicate with unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and to detect undersea platforms, Egan Greenstein, Boeing's senior director of autonomous maritime systems toldIHS Jane'son 17 May at the Navy League's 2016 Sea-Air-Space symposium near Washington, DC.

SHARC incorporates three solar panels to power the onboard processing equipment and payloads inside the float. It produces 2,000 lb of torque and is capable of towing arrays, including an acoustic array to detect submarines. It glides through the water via energy generated by the float bobbing on the ocean surface, resulting in the system's long at-sea endurance of up to a year.

SHARC's ASW and ISR payloads are built upon Boeing-developed sensors and software that are fielded on a variety of platforms, including Boeing's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and naval ships around the world, officials noted. In particular, Boeing helped to create a communications capability between SHARC and the company's ScanEagle UAV.

To demonstrate an ability to fill a gap in undersea warfare networks, the Boeing-Liquid Robotics team conducted an internal experiment involving four SHARCs, Boeing's Echo Ranger unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) as a surrogate submarine, and an aircraft with a P-8 mission system.

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Not news but a museum. Another use of Google map in 3D mode. This time the USS Texas (BB-35) launched in 1912. She used oil burners so she didn't go to Europe since the British were set up for coal.

Moderator: if there is a museum ship thread please move.

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strehl said:
Not news but a museum. Another use of Google map in 3D mode. This time the USS Texas (BB-35) launched in 1912. She used oil burners so she didn't go to Europe since the British were set up for coal.

Moderator: if there is a museum ship thread please move.

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Actually, the USS Texas did serve in World War I and went to Europe and served with the grand Royal navy fleet.

She served at Vera Cruz, World War I and World War II. She had the first aircraft launch off of a battleship. she had the first radar on a battleship. And ultimately, after world war II, s became the first Museum battleship.

Her Service Medals include:

Mexican Service Medal
26 May-8 August 1914; 9 October--4 November 1914

World War I Victory Medal
Grand Fleet Clasp: 11 February-11 November 1918
Armed Guard Clasp: 20 August-11 November 1918

American Defense Service Medal
17-25 July 1941; 13 October-26 November 1941

North African Battle Star
Algeria-Morocco landings: 8-11 November 1942

Normandy Battle Star
Invasion of Normandy (Including bombardment of Cherbourg): 6 June-25 June 1944

Southern France Battle Star
Invasion of Southern France: 15 August-28 September 1944

Iwo Jima Battle Star
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima: 16 February-7 March 1945

Okinawa Gunto Battle Star
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto: 25 Mar.-14 May 1945

Occupation Service Medal
2-23 September 1945

WW II Victory Medal

see the following two threads here on SD:

US Naval Ships named USS Texas
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/history-of-the-uss-texas-names-in-the-us-navy.t6285/

Dreadnaught Texas vs Iowa Battleships
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/dreadnaught-texas-vs-most-modern-iowa-battleships.t7857/

...or my post in the real life thread about my own visit to the USS TExas a few years ago
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/real-life-thread.t6246/page-136#post-300224
 
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