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SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE

Members from Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and expeditionary sea base ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) prepare the MK 18 MOD 2 Sword? sh to be deployed from the Open Water Transportation System (OWTS) during Exercise Noble Vanguard.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication

A collaborative research and development effort led by a U.S. Navy team recently demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), with staff from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

Photo By David Stoehr Specialist 2nd Class Gregory A. Pickett II 30 January/February 2024

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