美国海军周四宣布成立一个新的发展中心，旨在训练水兵使用自主技术，为机器人系统在整个舰队的部署做准备。
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday a new development center that will train sailors to use autonomous technology in preparation for robotic systems to deploy across the entire fleet.
该军种在弗吉尼亚州小克里克联合远征基地设立了机器人与自主系统作战发展中心，开启了一个新时代，将教导军人掌握技术专长，同时开发并部署新的具备作战能力的机器人系统。
The service established the Robot and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia, ushering in a new era that will teach service members to be technically proficient while developing and fielding new combat-ready robotic systems.
海军作战部长达里尔·考德尔上将在一则海军作战部长信息中表示：“原型机并非作战力量。只有当经过训练的水兵能够运用可靠的系统，并在正确的网络、后勤、维护、软件、战术、权限和指挥关系的支持下，产生作战效果时，才具备真正的作战力量。”新中心提供了一个进行自主系统集成的场所，确保当舰队中的水兵接触到这些技术时，它们已具备使用条件。
“A prototype is not combat power,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said in a C-NOte message. “Combat power comes when a trained sailor can employ a reliable system, supported by the right networks, logistics, maintenance, software, tactics, authorities, and command relationships, to create an operational effect.” The new center provides a place to work on autonomous system integration so that by the time sailors in the fleet get their hands on the technology, it is ready to be used.
机器人与自主系统作战发展中心将首先专注于训练中心内的水兵，使其充分理解系统，从而能够在作战中加以运用，同时开发一套更广泛的教学体系，以便在整个海军中推广，帮助军人学习相关技术。
RASWDC will first focus on training sailors at the center to understand the systems enough to employ them in combat, while developing a broader system for teaching that can be disseminated through the entire Navy to help service members learn the technology.
该中心还将协助制定作战概念，明确指挥官制定任务计划的严格准则，并为自主系统的运行设定框架。当系统被迫在通信受限的作战环境中运行时，这些准则尤为重要，因为此时机器人技术与人类操作员之间的通信可能会受到影响。
The center will help create warfighting concepts that delineate strict guidelines for how commanders build mission plans and set frameworks for autonomous systems to operate within. These guidelines become especially important when systems are forced to operate in combat environments where communication between robotic technology and the human in the loop is compromised.
机器人与自主系统作战发展中心还将在模拟实际部署环境的环境中测试新兴系统。技术将被要求在海上、高压状态下、面对模拟威胁以及通信降级环境中执行任务。
RASWDC will also test emerging systems in environments that mimic those in which they will be deployed. Technology will be asked to perform at sea, under stress, against simulated threats and during degraded communication environments.
那些能够克服这些障碍并实现目标的系统将继续得到开发，最终目标是将其投入战场使用，而其他未能达标的系统则将退役。考德尔将预期循环定义为：部署、使用、学习、改进和扩展。
The systems that achieve their goal despite these obstacles will continue to be developed with the end goal of employing them on the battlefield, while others that fail will be retired. Caudle defined the intended cycle as field, employ, learn, improve and scale.
考德尔于9月2日发布了另一份C-NOte，呼吁将激光器及其进攻能力迅速整合到舰队中。
Caudle released another C-NOte on Sept. 2, calling for the swift integration of lasers and their offensive capabilities into the fleet.
“问题不再是这些系统是否有效——而是我们能以多快的速度将它们部署到整个舰队，并交到水兵手中，”考德尔说。
“The question is no longer whether these systems work — it is how quickly we can field them across the fleet and place them in the hands of sailors,” Caudle said.
周二，海军展示了一种新的信息共享能力，使其能够简化操作人员与自主飞机之间的通信。
On Tuesday, the Navy demonstrated a new information-sharing capability that allows it to streamline communication between operators and autonomous aircraft.