Underwater Drones, Giant Video Screens and the High-Tech Revival of NYC Manufacturing

NEW YORK — On a crisp afternoon in late September, a submarine launched from Governors Island. The 100-pound unmanned vessel bobbed in the waves for a few minutes before dipping briefly underwater, then returned to the dock. Brian Wilson looked on like a worried parent watching a child swim alone for the first time. “There’s no GPS underwater,” he said. “It doesn’t always know where it is.” The submarine, designed and built by a Bronx-based company called Duro UAS, is called an “underwater au...