Members of the Royal Australian Navy will train at the Australian Maritime College in the use of autonomous marine systems. Once border restrictions are lifted, the Navy will send personnel down to the AMC in Launceston to complete the training, after the college and the Navy inked an agreement. AMC Search Defence and Autonomous Systems manager Chris White said the training had been developed "in lockstep" with the Navy and training had already occurred.
However, on Thursday, an agreement for a three-year extension of the contract, worth $1.5 million in the first year, was announced as secured between the two parties.
The agreement will ensure the ongoing viability of four jobs at AMC Search, who are directly involved in the training program.
Mr White said autonomous marine systems included the use of autonomous underwater vehicles and on-land vehicles and they both required specific training to use....MORE
