US Navy’s Orca programme concludes design reviews
The US Navy’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) programme recently cleared a key milestone and is poised to pass another one in a few months, according to a service official.
Critical design reviews (CDRs) with the programme’s two competing vendors, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, concluded ‘in the last two weeks,’ said CAPT Pete Small, the US Navy’s program manager for unmanned maritime systems.
In early spring the navy intends to award up to two fabrication contracts to build a total of up to five vehicles.
‘I’m optimistic about the programme,’ Small said at the recently held Naval Submarine
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