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Navy Aims To Protect Sensitive Information On Captured Unmanned Sea Systems

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

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Navy Aims To Protect Sensitive Information On Captured Unmanned Sea Systems

A rendering of the Knifefish medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) which will be deployed from the littoral combat ship to sweep mines. (Illustration: General Dynamics)

Two months after the Chinese military briefly detained a U.S. Navy unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the service is taking a close look at how to ensure its unmanned maritime systems do not reveal secrets if they fall into the wrong hands in the future.Capt. Jonathan Rucker, program manager for Unmanned Maritime Systems, said the Navy is studying how an unmanned vehicle can “get wiped” of sensitive information if it gets captured. While many manned systems have such security procedures, they…

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