
The first Boeing [BA] Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) is due to be delivered to the Navy early next year, the Navy confirmed with a visit by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) to the California production facility. On Dec. 6 Adm. Lisa Franchetti toured Boeing’s XLUUV manufacturing facility at Long Beach, Calif., and spoke to personnel assigned to Unmanned Undersea Vehicles Squadron (UUVRON) 3. “Getting Orca into the hands of our warfighters will help us get after…