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U.K. Navy Buying 39-Foot XLUUV Submarine

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

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U.K. Navy Buying 39-Foot XLUUV Submarine

Concept design for the U.K. Royal Navy’s Project Cetus experimental 39-foot autonomous uncrewed submarine due to be delivered in 2024. (Image: U.K. Ministry of Defense)

The U.K. Royal Navy recently awarded MSubs a $19 million contract to buy a new 39-foot uncrewed submarine, called Project Cetus. The U.K. Ministry of Defense announced the award on Dec. 1. It said the vessel will be delivered in two years and used to protect national infrastructure and monitor subsurface activity. The ministry underscored Project Cetus will be “the largest and most complex crewless submarine operated by a European Navy.” The vessel is named after a mythological sea monster…

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