News / Completing satellite network lays a course for the launch of remote-controlled ships

09/09/2015

Research into the feasibility of driverless – that should read helmsman-less – cargo ships took another step forward this week when satellite communications provider Inmarsat joined the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative.

The two-year project, led by the Rolls-Royce Blue Ocean research team and funded to ...

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