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HII Tests REMUS 620 UUV On U.S. Course For Validation

Thursday, January 30th, 2025

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HII Tests REMUS 620 UUV On U.S. Course For Validation

HII’s Remus 620 medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) (Photo: HII)

HII [HII] brought its REMUS 620 medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) to the Navy’s UUV Confidence Course in Bangor, Wash., to validate the design and add more operational data, the company said Jan. 29. The company said it shipped the REMUS 620 from the factory in Pocasset, Mass., whereupon it successfully underwent a full range of pre-mission checks and ballasting. The vessel’s operations on the course validated “several” technical aspects of the MUUV, HII said. HII boasted this was the…

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