http://www.newsweek.com/uk-royal-navy-madfox-high-tech-ship-controlled-remotely-first-time-1597205

The U.K.'s Royal Navy remotely operated the MADFOX (MAritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation)—an autonomous vessel—for the first time this week, marking a "significant milestone" for the high-tech ship, which was unveiled in March.

The MADFOX had previously only been operated by staff aboard the ship. However, the latest test saw it controlled via "a laptop, tablet and two sailors in a tent overlooking the water" at Browndown Beach in Gosport, a coastal town in the county of Hampshire in the southeast of England, according to a statement Tuesday from the Royal Navy.