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Navy Orders Orca UUVs From Boeing For Long-Range Autonomous Missions

February 15 2019

USA

The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Boeing, Huntington Beach, Calif., a contract for extra-large unmanned undersea vehicles (XLUUVs), reports the Dept. of Defense.

The $43 million contract covers four Orca XLUUVs and associated support elements, said a Pentagon release on Wednesday.

The Orca can operate autonomously while traveling up to 6,500 nm (12,000 km) without being connected to a manned mother ship. It is expected to eventually be able to perform mine countermeasures,...

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