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Navy “Focused” On Torpedo-Tube Medium UUVs, Turning Subs Into Motherships

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Navy “Focused” On Torpedo-Tube Medium UUVs, Turning Subs Into Motherships
USS Washington (SSN 787), a Virginia-class submarine, completing initial sea trials. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

Navy officials this week said they are working on developing medium unmanned undersea vehicles (MUUVs) that can be be launched and recovered from submarine torpedo tubes, making submarines motherships. The Navy is “really focused on the torpedo tube launch and recovered variant Razorback,” to avoid the overhead for the current method of using limited numbers of dry deck shelters, Rear Adm.  Doug Perry, director of Undersea Warfare, said Tuesday during the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium. Perry noted the Navy…

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