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Boeing has been under contract to build the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, or XLUUVs, since it won the contract over Lockheed Martin in February 2019.

With its unmanned ships and aircraft, the Navy is trying to "move very fast" and, like Google, "fail fast if we need to," the Navy's top officer says.

ENIWA, Japan (AP) — The dozens of Type 90, or “Kyumaru,” tanks rumbling through...

Royal Navy preparing AI robot submarines which could spell end of crewed vessels Britains navy is opening up about their 500-feet-long autonomous test-bed submarine to developers and researchers to help build the undersea hunter-killers of the future The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we w...

Navy Has High Hopes for Robotic Ships ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2/26/2021 Boeing illustration The Navy is keen to integrate large unmanned vessels into the fleet in coming decades. But there remains a great deal of uncertainty about how much of the total force will be robotic as political, budgetary, operational and industrial considerations complicate the calculus. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday in his “CNO Navigation Plan” said thes...

Subsea Defense: Navy Deepens Commitment to Underwater Vehicles Senior Chief Mineman Abraham Garcia (left) and Aerographers Mate 1st Class Joshua Gaskill, members of the Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) test team, man tending lines during crane operations as part of an operational test conducted by members from Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR). Knifefish is a medium-class mine countermeasure UUV designed for deployment off the Littoral Combat Ship...

Huntington Ingalls to Assemble Boeing’s Orca Unmanned Undersea Vehicle at New Facility Our Bureau 2518 Image for representation only. Huntington Ingalls has completed the first phase of its Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence with the construction of a 22,000-square-foot facility. The first of two planned buildings on the 20-acre campus in Hampton, Virginia will be used to assemble hull structures for Boeing’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program for the U.S. Navy...

Heritage Trustee Since 1989 (Apr. 7, 2016) Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel gets underway on the Williammette River following a christening ceremony in Portland. U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released Key Takeaways One crucial feature of Echo Voyager is the modular payload system that allows it to take on different payloads to support different missions. In its 2021 budget request to Congress, the U.S. Navy asked for $58...

The service will need newer, better high-tech drones to help fight future conflicts. When the U.S. Navy’s adversaries have reconnaissance capabilities and firepower to locate and destroy virtually any target, how can it achieve and sustain ocean supremacy? That’s the question facing the U.S. Navy right now, and the answer is very likely to include a large number of unmanned ships, both submersible and on the ocean surface. By September of next year, engineering on navigational capabilities,...