“Uncertainty Looms Over Industry Competition as Navy Considers Resuming Testing of Large Undersea Drone”
The US Navy’s Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle prototype, known as Snakehead, is back in the water for testing at a naval facility in Rhode Island. However, the future of the program remains uncertain due to engineering constraints and conflicting lawmaker interests. The Navy had sought to sink funding for the program, but lawmakers stepped in and urged the service secretary to continue pursuing it through market research of commercially available technologies. The Navy is now seeking a minimal amount of funding to continue R&D using a prototype it already has. The previously planned competition among industry for LDUUV is also in question. Meanwhile, the Navy is preparing to scale other unmanned systems to the “fleet level”.
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The uncertain future of the LDUUV program leaves industry competitors on edge, as the Navy weighs the decision to resume testing of the large undersea drone. The stakes are high and the outcome remains unpredictable.
The uncertain future of the LDUUV program leaves industry competitors on edge, as the Navy considers resuming testing of the large undersea drone.
The future of industry competition hangs in the balance as the Navy teeters on the brink of resuming testing for the large undersea drone.