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Editorial

MARITIME

REPORTER he technology supporting

AND maritime autonomy – sur-

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CEO John C. O’Malley as the web of global, national and [email protected] local regulations poses signi? cant

Publisher & Editor hurdles to uniform acceptance and

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Contributing Editors completely different story, as all eyes

Amir Garanovic current momentum is unlike anything he has

Celia Konowe on the Middle East and Russia’s war

Bob Kunkel seen in his career, speci? cally noting that the

Wendy Laursen with Ukraine show that relatively low-cost,

Philip Lewis arti? cial intelligence (AI) and decarboniza-

Edward Lundquist autonomous, asymmetric weapons help to

Barry Parker tion technologies are the key points of focus

Jose