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The Navy’s Orca Drone is Changing Undersea Warfare
The Orca is considered an “Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle” (XLUUV). Boeing is building this system for the Navy. It is based on design architecture from Boeing’s earlier Echo Voyager ...
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Orca XLUUV: US Navy unmanned submarine completes 1st 48-hour autonomous run subsea
The US Navy’s Orca eXtra Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) has completed its first 48-hour endurance run. According to ...
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Extra-Large Undersea Drones: A Global Snapshot
The extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XLUUV) segment is emerging as the fastest-growing sector of the defense undersea ...
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New Chinese Submarine Seen in Satellite Photos
Boeing has built an XLUUV known as Orca for the U.S. Navy, which is 51 feet in length and 8.5 feet across, making it currently the world's largest UUV. It has a range of 6,500 nautical miles ...
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Navy's eight Orca-class vessels gather for historic exercise
a fleet of eight Royal Canadian Navy ships emerged from the harbour at CFB Esquimalt into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. One by one, the Orca-class vessels aligned in an impressive single file ...
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'Ballet with ships': CFB Esquimalt sails all Orca-class vessels for first time
For the first time ever, all eight Orca-class vessels belonging to the Royal Canadian Navy sailed together in perfect unison ...