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LDUUV Program In The Crosshairs After Missteps

April 21 2022

USA

The Navy plans to cancel a major uncrewed underwater vehicle program after mistakes during the design and procurement phases, reports Breaking Defense, citing newly released fiscal 2023 budget documents.

The misalignment of the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV, also known as the Snakehead) design and procurement work with “submarine hosting interfaces resulted in limited availability of host platforms to conduct Snakehead operations,” say the documents published...

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