Boeing’s Massive Autonomous Sub Takes to the Seas - "Boeing’s Echo Voyager, a 51-foot, Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) has taken to the water off the coast of California to demonstrate its abilities in its first sea trials."

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Boeing's Echo Voyager, a 51-foot, Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle has taken to the water off the coast of California to demonstrate its abilities in its first sea trials.

Instead, the Echo Voyager is guided by an advanced autonomous computer system that can pilot the submersible for months at a time.

The U.S. Navy is particularly intrigued by the potential of the XLUUVs, and sees them being a critical part of a 21st century Navy.

For all of that to work, XLUUVs have to prove that they're capable of voyaging alone.

In its recent test, the Echo Voyager splashed down and ran through a battery of trials to prove out its propulsion, communications, power, system integration and autonomous resources.

Although these are only preliminary tests, Boeing seems to have confidence in its XLUUV, and announced last week that it will be working with Huntington Ingalls Industries to design and build underwater drones for the U.S. Navy to satisfy the service's need for XLUUVs.

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