RN Autonomous Submarines
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:49 pm
The Royal Navy has awarded a contract for a large autonomous submarine.
Plymouth-based MSubs Ltd are to provide the Royal Navy with a 30-metre underwater vehicle with a range of up to 3,000 nautical miles.
According to a Royal Navy news release the XLUUV (Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle), known as Manta, has been designed and built in just 14 months.
A Ministry of Defence statement said:
Go to - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-n ... ql0MlA1yf8
First Sea Lord says "underwater warfare is top of Royal Navy agenda” as MSubs Ltd of Plymouth is awarded contract for the RN’s first Extra Large Autonomous underwater vehicle (XLUUV)
Will be 30m long with range of up to 3,000nm.
(Longer than the Boeing Orca pictured)
See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... er-warfare
Plymouth-based MSubs Ltd are to provide the Royal Navy with a 30-metre underwater vehicle with a range of up to 3,000 nautical miles.
According to a Royal Navy news release the XLUUV (Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle), known as Manta, has been designed and built in just 14 months.
A Ministry of Defence statement said:
Go to - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-n ... ql0MlA1yf8
First Sea Lord says "underwater warfare is top of Royal Navy agenda” as MSubs Ltd of Plymouth is awarded contract for the RN’s first Extra Large Autonomous underwater vehicle (XLUUV)
Will be 30m long with range of up to 3,000nm.
(Longer than the Boeing Orca pictured)
See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... er-warfare