
The Navy plans to receive the first Boeing [BA]-built Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) this summer, a Navy program office leader said this week. The first vessel, dubbed XLE-1, has been built and is being tested in the water at Boeing’s Huntington Beach, Calif., facility and is “about to deliver this summer,” Rear Adm. Kevin Smith, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants, said on May 7 during the International Mine Warfare Technology Symposium. Smith confirmed four…