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Unmanned Warrior 2016 exercise hosted by the Royal British Navy, Boeing and Liquid Robotics demonstrated for the first time a network of persistent USVs that detected, reported and tracked a live diesel submarine. On December 6, 2016, Boeing acquired Liquid Robotics.
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and transmit the songs back to shore. In 2003, Joe Rizzi, Chairman, Jupiter
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