From Popular Mechanics:
The Navy may be working on autonomous robots and UAVs for the distant future, but for now, it's research priorities expose the pentagon's technological ambitions and worries at sea.
Early next year the Office of Naval Research’s Office of Transition will release requests for proposals to fund its advanced naval technology programs. The office’s initiatives have a shelf life of five years, with an expectation that real-world products will reach the fleet by the end of that time. At a recent conference in Washington, D.C., transition office director Joseph Lawrence detailed the shipboard equipment, weapons and robots that will ensure the Navy can safely conduct combat and humanitarian missions anywhere in the world.
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My Comment: President Obama's administration is not going to agree with this shopping list.