Drone boat co-founded by Indian-American engineer rescues US Apache crew near Strait of Hormuz
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Summary
A US Army Apache helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, and its two crew members were rescued by the Corsair, a drone boat developed by Saronic Technologies. The Texas-based company was co-founded by Indian-American engineer Vibhav Altekar. This marks the first rescue mission carried out by an autonomous surface vessel in US Armed Forces history, remotely piloted by a human operator.
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It was the first US rescue carried out by an autonomous surface vessel, remotely piloted by a human operator
Two crew members of the US Army's Apache helicopter, which was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, were rescued by a drone boat developed by a Texas-based company with Indian-American Vibhav Altekar as a co-founder
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