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Navy/USMC

New Navy Team Promoting Unmanned Systems Integration On Submarines

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

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New Navy Team Promoting Unmanned Systems Integration On Submarines

A rendering of the Knifefish medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) which will be deployed from the littoral combat ship to sweep mines. (Illustration: General Dynamics)

The U.S. Navy has stood up a team within the past year to promote the integration of unmanned systems with submarines, a service official said March 21.The team brings together various program offices to promote a common set of interfaces for deploying unmanned systems from submarines, said Michael McClatchy, director of advanced undersea integration at Naval Sea Systems Command. Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley, program executive officer for submarines, called for the group’s formation, and the team was officially created in…

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