The sea service wants to acquire extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles that can travel long distances and lay mines without putting sailors in harm’s way.
An Aerovel Flexrotor unmanned aerial vehicle launches from the deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) in the Gulf of Oman, in an image released Oct. 6, 2023. (Photo by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs)
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Bobby Dixon, 03.15.2023 — Naval Oceanography in coordination with CTF-52, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Sequoia Scientific, Inc. and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) dropped a slocum glider out the back of a helicopter as part of a proof of concept.
"Hopefully, in the next several months, we'll have some product that we can pass out to industry,” the undersea warfare program manager at NAVO said at the…
A Remote Environmental Measuring Units (REMUS) 100 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) deploys after being launched by a Sailors assigned to the Naval Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center and a REMUS Team Sailor from the Italian Mine Countermeasures Forces Command during exercise Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) in Sesimbra, Portugal, Sept. 19, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Travis Simmons)
U.S. Marines with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, assault a beach during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, July 30, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sandra Garduno)
With a renewed focus across the U.S. military on great power competition in the Indo-Pacific region, the Marines are trying to enhance their ability to conduct amphibious…
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 prepare an underwater vehicle to search for debris during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
The DOD on Thursday released an image of a UUV being prepared for deployment by sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, which is participating in…