China’s Unmanned High-Speed Vessels Reportedly Achieve Technology “Breakthrough”

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Given the scope of US Navy progress in the area of autonomous surface warfare and fast-expanding fleet of drone warships, it comes as no surprise to learn that the large and closely followed Chinese Navy is reporting success with the same thing.

The Chinese Communist Party-backed Global Times newspaper says a new Chinese unmanned high-speed vessel demonstrated “breakthrough” levels of “dynamic cooperative confrontation technology.” This language, according to the paper, suggests that the Chinese USVs can “quickly intercept, besiege and expel invasive targets.”

Chinese & U.S. Unmanned High-Speed Vessels

This technology is brought to fruition through advanced levels of collaborative autonomy wherein advanced algorithms are able to process incoming data, bounce it off a vast database to perform analyses and optimize a course of action. The Chinese paper describes it as “collaborative perception, high-speed tracking, evidence collection, interception and guarding Chinese sea territory.”

This language sounds strikingly familiar, as it mirror what the US Navy has been advancing for many years with its Ghost Fleet or Operation Overlord effort. 

This fast-progressing technological configuration involves a number of unmanned assets operating autonomously in coordination with one another to respond to fast-emerging new intelligence information, adjust mission scope or function quickly as needed, make critical, non-lethal decisions autonomously and optimize mission effectiveness.