The Robot Ships of Route 90

NEW IBERIA, Louisiana – Surrounded by rows of sugar cane fields on Bayou Teche, generations of shipbuilders are wrenching on the U.S. Navy’s latest push toward a future drone fleet. Work boat builders and repair facilities dot U.S. Route 90 in southern Louisiana, where the boom and bust of the oil and gas industry looms over yards small and large. It’s along this road where several shipyards are vying for a chance to build unmanned ships for the world’s most powerful navy. At Breaux Brothers Ent

Source: USNI News