Navy awards $72 million to Boeing for prototype of extra-large unmanned submarine
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.
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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.
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Royal Navy preparing AI robot submarines which could spell end of crewed vessels Britain's 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 Star's 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 will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used i...
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 these types of vessels will play a vital role in the future. “Successfully integrating unmanned platfo...