The Pentagon's autonomous warship designed to hunt foreign stealth submarines just began its open-water trials. ACTUV (Antisubmarine warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel) — a crewless, 140-ton, 132-foot-long robotic ship, which was unveiled in Portland's Willamette River in April, will undergo two years of testing in the waters off of San Diego with the Navy. If all goes well, the Pentagon's drone vessel named "Sea Hunter" will enter service by 2018. "This is a big, big, deal," Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said. "It looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey," he added, admiring the vessel's narrow bow. "It's extremely inexpensive compared to a manned system and it takes men and service ...
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