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Navy/USMC

DARPA Chooses Northrop Grumman and Martin Defense Group For Manta Ray UUV Phase 2

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

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DARPA Chooses Northrop Grumman and Martin Defense Group For Manta Ray UUV Phase 2

Artist’s concept of a Manta Ray UUV (Image: DARPA).

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Martin Defense Group to move to Phase 2 of the Manta Ray unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) program, the agency said Monday. In this phase, the companies will work on subsystem testing before moving to fabricate full-scale models to use for in-water demonstrations. The Manta Ray effort aims to demonstrate technologies to allow payload-capable autonomous UUVs “to operate on long-duration, long-range missions in ocean environments,” the agency…

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