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Navy Building Unmanned Vehicle Facilities To Focus Testing

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

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Navy Building Unmanned Vehicle Facilities To Focus Testing

The Echo Voyager unmanned undersea vehicle, the basis for the design of the Navy's Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV). (Photo: Boeing)

The Navy said Tuesday that it conducted a ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony for facilities that aim to be the focus of testing new unmanned surface and undersea vehicles. Two facilities, located at Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Calif., will perform testing, evaluation and technology demonstration for the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) and Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) prototypes. The ceremony occurred on Dec. 8. “These facilities will be the focal point…

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