The Royal Navy says it has successfully tested the ability to communicate with Experimental Vessel (XV) Excalibur, its Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), while submerged on the other side of the world at Jervis Bay, NSW. This is the…
Virginia-based Leidos has announced a new Uncrewed Undersea Vessel (UUV), Sea Dart. This is a high-performance, low-cost, flexible and adaptable UUV designed to support the US Navy and commercial customers across a broad range of missions, the company says. “For…
At almost the same time that it issued the AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, which focusses on undersea communications, the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has issued a formal solicitation to industry for what it terms a CAMP, or Combat Autonomous…
Canadian company Kraken Robotics Inc. has received new orders totaling C$11 million ($12.6 million) for SeaPower™ pressure tolerant batteries for Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). This brings year-to-date new battery orders to $45 million ($51.5 million), driven predominantly by UUVs for…
Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) built by has completed full-scale, in-water testing off the coast of Southern California says the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The test program demonstrated at-sea hydrodynamic performance, including submerged…
US defence prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed assembly of its Manta Ray full-scale Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) prototype. It was built through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program started in 2020 and aimed at advancing key…
The US Navy’s Program Office Advanced Undersea Systems (PMS 394), with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has selected three vendors to prototype and develop Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms. Following a rigorous evaluation process, DIU has awarded prototype agreements to…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has successfully demonstrated the autonomous launch and recovery of large-diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUVs) from amphibious warships. The demonstration, using a smaller surface vessel as a surrogate for a San Antonio-class amphibious ship, took place in…