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Navy Plans to Accelerate UUVs, Changing Acquisition Strategies

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Navy Plans to Accelerate UUVs, Changing Acquisition Strategies
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 Senate Appropriations Committee’s report on the annual defense appropriations bill revealed major changes to the acquisition strategies of the large displacement and extra large unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV and XLUUV) programs.The Navy requested $92.6 million in the FY ’19 budget request to start building two Phase I prototype LDUUVs. However, the Senate bill’s report said the Navy later told the committee it plans to revise and accelerate the LDUUV program by removing Phase II from the acquisition strategy and…

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