MOSCOW, 14 Jul — RIA Novosti. American cruiser and reconnaissance aircraft tried to follow the dip of Russian unmanned “Vityaz” in the Mariana trench, told the TV channel “Star” representatives of the Central design Bureau for marine engineering “Rubin” and the Foundation for advanced studies.
As noted by chief specialist of the Bureau Roman Sokolov, the ship appeared some time after the machine is started to deploy in position. In turn, the project Manager of “Vityaz-D” Sergei Lapsary said that the aircraft Poseidon twice a day flew the tug “Fotiy Krylov” from which the drone came down in the hollow.
the TV station showed footage of an American cruiser and aircraft near the dive area. The United States, as the “Star” was late with photos and videos.
“By the time they came around, “knight” has long been lowered under water,” — said the channel.
In may, the Russian Autonomous underwater vehicle “Vityaz-D” for the first time sank to the bottom of the Mariana trench and recorded a depth of 10 028 meters. As specified in the Fund promising research “Vityaz” became the world’s first device of such kind, which are alleged to have reached the deepest point of the oceans.
unlike previously worked in the area of Japanese American unit Kaiko and Nereus, “the knight-D” operates fully Autonomous, using elements of artificial intelligence.
