General Dynamics Mission Systems, focused on moving its Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle through low-rate initial production, has opened a new UUV manufacturing and assembly facility here.

The U.S. Navy is “well on its way” to delivering a replacement small unmanned underwater vehicle for mine countermeasures and is in source selection for a replacement medium UUV that will support both the submarine and the explosive ordnance disposal communities.

It is not inconceivable that by the 2040s, much of the fighting will be done by the robots, with their human masters kept well behind harm’s way.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on 25 May that it has received an order for two REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from the US Navy (USN). The UUVs are scheduled to be delivered by mid-2022.