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HII Tests LDUUV Launch And Recovery Capability

HII Tests LDUUV Launch And Recovery Capability
HII’s Pharos prototype unmanned launch/.recovery platform towed behind a small craft in the Pascagoula River, Miss. while recovering the HII proteus LDUUV during a demonstration in June 2022. (Photo: HII)

Navy shipbuilder HII [HII] this week announced the successful demonstration of a capability allowing amphibious ships to launch and recover Large-Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUVs). The company’s San Antonio-class amphibious warships, among others, have well decks that can be used to launch and recover several kinds of maritime platforms. On June 13, HII announced its Advanced Technology Group conducted a demonstration with a prototype platform, the Pharos, to launch and recover the company’s Proteus LDUUV. In the demonstration near Pascagoula,…

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