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SUBSEA DEFENSE
Navy Deepens Commitment to Underwater Vehicles
The U.S. Navy uses unmanned and robotic underwater vehicles for a multitude of functions, including environmental sensing, mine hunting, and salvage. The Navy plans to evolve an unmanned systems operating concept that is platform agnostic and capable of operating in highly complex contested environments with minimal operator interaction.
By Edward Lundquist
Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 3 and the expeditionary mine countermeasure company of Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 retrieve a MK 18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during a transit through the Northern Mariana Islands in this August 2020 photo.
U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole C. Pielop 40 January/February 2021
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