Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial - Sea Acceptance Trials - March 2024

As part of the Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial underway for the Royal Australian Navy, Austal Australia completed initial Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT’s) of the vessel Sentinel, off the coast of Western Australia in March 2024.
The trials included a series of supervised tests of the Sentinel’s remote control and autonomous systems and operating capability, from onboard and remote (command centre) locations.
Utilising collaboration partner Greenroom Robotics’ Advanced Maritime Autonomy (GAMA) software, the vessel undertook multiple, remote controlled and autonomous (pre-programmed) navigation events, including various manoeuvres, station keeping, go/no-go area testing, advanced collision avoidance, contact detection and radar tuning and vessel dynamics testing.
The vessel safely and successfully completed all of the objectives of the Sea Acceptance Trials and the PBAT team are proceeding with the next stage of the project, an endurance trial that will test the remote and autonomous capability of the vessel and systems in an extended voyage journey over several days.
This video documents the initial Sea Acceptance Trials and effectively demonstrates the vessel safely operating remotely and autonomously.
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TAS Chief Executive Officer Glen Schafer; “Trusted Autonomous Systems are extremely impressed and proud of the achievements of the PBAT project. Autonomous and automated features on a vessel of this size in addition to the regulatory considerations are complex. It is a clear demonstration of the significant innovation possible through investment in sovereign industry".

[@donkoh5738]

Give her the 50,000 gallon per minute sea-water pump of 343 type NYFD Fireboat, perhaps with an updated hose nozzle, and a couple of mini-submersibles dropped from the stern capable of ultra-shallow water/shoal supply of basic relief goods and call it a day... ✌🌐🔛

[@frednerk2127]

Whats the point? Those vessels are just a platform to get the ships boats out to would be offenders so they can be boarded by officers. No point in having an empty ship just floating around. And who's going to fix it when it breaks down 200nm offshore? And they do breakdown.....