US UUV / AUV Projects (Unmanned / autonomous underwater vehicle)

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/11/04/us-navy-torpedo-recovery-drone-system/

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.defensenews.com/global/...-seabed-mapping-missions-in-atlantic-pacific/

 

[X-39]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsJEwvhvVak

 

[bobbymike]

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/17/south-korea-reveals-new-unmanned-navy-sea-ghost-concept

 

[aonestudio]

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/01...r-to-finally-sink-large-unmanned-sub-program/

 

[jsport]

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/02/ne...ailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

 

[jsport]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txoXA8ZpsWo

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651264359241334787

View: https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1651264359241334787?s=20

 

[bobbymike]

https://www.defensenews.com/news/yo...ppWlKyjr479Gwgb08thILhN4orxo2OHmLtX7HhfHFmrMk

 

[Forest Green]

https://breakingdefense.sites.break...anned-combat-underwater-vehicle-demonstrator/

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanne...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn

 

[Brett Davidson]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txoXA8ZpsWo

Aha, saw this a few years ago and wondered...

https://www.economist.com/science-a...-not-use-propellers-so-why-do-people/21806832

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZszsl2aIU

https://www.pliantenergy.com/robotics
I'm glad to see work come to fruition.

Another company, Festo, has worked on several biomimetic robots too (lighter-than-air 'jellyfish', 'penguins', 'mantas' etc.), though they don't seem very interested in pushing commercial or military applications.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRNq55EbnZc

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb2OrWSRUzQ


Reminds me of this fellow:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYQyUa-6ce0

 

[Forest Green]

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/hii-unveils-new-remus-130-uuv/

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1777328044379660695

View: https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1777328044379660695

 

[Grey Havoc]

From back in 2022, regarding NOMARS (as well as DARPA's Sea Train):

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/07/darpa-updates-on-its-sea-train-and-nomars-usvs/

 

[aonestudio]

https://www.navalnews.com/event-new...-grumman-completes-assembly-of-manta-ray-uuv/

 

[aonestudio]

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2024-05-01

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785671213160825071

View: https://twitter.com/DARPA/status/1785671213160825071

 

[bobbymike]

Unmanned underwater fighter craft

 

[Prophet141]

It's actually quite large. How is it being transported to theatre? Aircraft, ships, submarines? And then what kind of range does it have once its operating independently?

 

[bobbymike]

https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2...ailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnrDescribed as massive big enough to carry some Mk-48s?

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/05/02/us-navy-test-underwater-manta-ray-drone-military/

 

[raptor82]

View: https://youtu.be/o6cDmXFkAdM?si=X7yTCSDhDVtw0k9d

 

[TomS]

It's actually quite large. How is it being transported to theatre? Aircraft, ships, submarines? And then what kind of range does it have once its operating independently?

It's not *that* big. The wide shots with the small boats are playing some perspective tricks. Judging from this shot with people standing on it, it's probably trailerable without the "wings" installed.



Range is quite long but it's not fast -- the article talks about it being a buoyancy-propelled glider, so basically it sinks to gain forward momentum, then rises by expelling ballast, and repeats. That gives you a couple of knots, so an underwater fighter plane this is not.

I would not expect this to be a combat platform per se, though possibly it could be a minelayer like the Orca. Probably it is primarily a sensor platform and possibly a carrier for emplaced seafloor sensors.

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.twz.com/news-features/h...drone-looks-like-a-docked-star-wars-spaceship

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804512473636122633

View: https://x.com/WarshipCam/status/1804512473636122633

 

[bobbymike]

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/06/24/anduril-underwater-drone-factory-rhode-island/

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMBICD5rgY0&pp=ygUMbWVnYXByb2plY3Rz

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...ill-deploy-with-new-uuv-capability-this-year/

 

[Brett Davidson]

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/06/24/anduril-underwater-drone-factory-rhode-island/

Why are they opening a factory underwater? Won't it flood?

I'll get my coat.

 

[Arjen]

I shall be VERY disappointed if it appears in any aerial photographs

 

[bobbymike]

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/10...035&utm_content=330394035&utm_source=hs_email

 

[Forest Green]

https://armyrecognition.com/news/na...n-battery-powered-auvs-for-us-navy-submarines
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/12...obot-submarine-testing-to-court-us-customers/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...-setting-new-standards-for-maritime-autonomy/

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...v-completes-acceptance-test-for-the-u-s-navy/

 

[Forest Green]

https://insidedefense.com/daily-new...est-run-uuvs-preps-more-deployments-next-year

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.twz.com/sea/copperhead-torpedo-like-underwater-kamikaze-drones-rolled-out-by-anduril
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn
https://www.navalnews.com/event-new...maritime-challenges-with-autonomous-vehicles/

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.navalnews.com/event-new...rship-on-autonomous-ocean-sensing-capability/

 

[bobbymike]

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04...275&utm_content=357330275&utm_source=hs_email

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...ish-uuv-to-u-s-navy-under-multi-year-program/

 

[Sferrin]

45 foot span.