Russia Today - April 19, 2014
The Pentagon’s research arm, DARPA, is developing robot pods that can
sit at the bottom of the ocean for long stretches of time, waiting to
release airborne and water-based drones to the surface upon an attack
command.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently
called for bids to complete the final two phases of its Upward
Falling Payloads (UFP) program. The UFP operation is an effort
to position unmanned systems around far-flung regions of the sea
floor. The housing pods would be left in place for years in
anticipation of the US Navy’s need for non-lethal assistance.
The UFPs would come equipped with electronic and low-power laser
attack capabilities, surveillance sensors, and airborne and
aquatic drones that would have the ability to act as decoys or
offer intelligence and targeting data, Ars Technica reported.
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