After 4 years of development, the Manta Ray underwater autonomous drone completed preliminary testing: exploring the underwater world that humans cannot reach.

According to news from this website on May 4, after about 4 years of hard work, Northrop Grumman finally designed and manufactured the Manta Ray underwater autonomous drone required by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) , and recently successfully tested the prototype on the coast of Southern California.

DARPA developed Project Manta to develop a new generation of autonomous drones that can operate underwater and are designed to Perform long-duration, long-range missions in the ocean and explore environments inaccessible to humans. The relevant test pictures are attached to this site as follows: [Picture link].

#DARPA selected 3 contractors, in addition to Northrop Grumman, Martin Defense Group and Metron, but Metron announced its withdrawal from the program in 2021.

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