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Navy Demonstrates New Launch And Recovery Concepts For Large UUVs

Tuesday, December 20th, 2022

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Navy Demonstrates New Launch And Recovery Concepts For Large UUVs

The HII Pharos large launch and recovery vehicle being tested with the U.S. Navy Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) in October 2022 (Photo: HII)

A Navy team in October demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) using an HII platform, the service said on Monday. The demonstration entailed land-based launch and recovery approach and a new solution to launch large UUVs from Navy amphibious ships at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Narragansett Bay Test Facility. The testing used a Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype and an HII [HII] Pharos large launch and…

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