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Navy/USMC

DIU Picks Kongsberg Team For CAMP XLUUV

Wednesday, July 15th, 2026

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DIU Picks Kongsberg Team For CAMP XLUUV

Boeing delivers first Orca XLUUV test asset to the Navy in December 2023. (Photo: Boeing)

Norway’s Kongsberg on Tuesday announced the Defense innovation Unit (DIU) picked a team of it and Oceaneering International, Inc. [OII] to develop a design for the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform (CAMP) program. DIU first launched the Commercial Solutions Opening Initiative (CSI) for CAMP over a year ago in an effort to find more uncrewed vessels that can hold high-capacity payloads for extended ranges for U.S. Navy missions (Defense Daily, April 18, 2025). The solicitation…

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