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Navy/USMC

Omnibus Buries Snakehead LDUUV

Wednesday, January 4th, 2023

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Omnibus Buries Snakehead LDUUV

The Snakehead Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) is loaded in Narragansett Bay in Newport, R.I. prior to christening on Feb. 2, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The final fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill allowed the Navy to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, but urged prioritization in using commercial alternatives. The Navy’s FY ‘23 budget request documents said the service planned to eliminate the Snakehead program due to cost and schedule delays on vessel development and integration with Virginia-class attack submarines (Defense Daily, April 18). A budget highlights book argued a “misalignment of Snakehead LDUUV design and procurement efforts with submarine…

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