technology has a lower-performance cadre of trained and skilled human op-payload than manned, these systems erators, as well as an appetite for risk, Iver3 offer an enormously cheaper alterna- as the submarine is an increasingly tive that, as a team, offer the potential dangerous adversary,” explains Dr. Autonomous to cover vast ranges while delivering Kevin LePage, ASW program man-covertness that may carry great tactical ager at the NATO Science and Tech-Underwater advantages. nology Organization (STO) Centre for “Anti-submarine warfare is a highly Maritime Research and Experimenta-Vehiclesasset-intensive process that requires tion (CMRE) in La Spezia, Italy.signi