en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 16, US military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) completed the delivery of the first product in its new series of compact unmanned underwater vehicles to an undisclosed US ally. This system is the third-generation iteration of the previous vehicle series, featuring upgraded electronics, an open architecture interface, and enhanced payload flexibility.

The platform adopts a two-person portable design, capable of operating at depths of up to 100 meters with a maximum endurance of 10 hours. To extend mission readiness, HII equipped the vehicle with field-replaceable batteries and its proprietary autonomous control software. According to HII, this open architecture software is currently deployed on platforms in over 30 countries, with capabilities including collaborative autonomy and sensor fusion. The compact vehicle can perform a variety of missions, such as offshore energy infrastructure inspection, search and rescue operations, mine countermeasures, and seabed mapping. With this delivery, HII has now delivered over 750 autonomous maritime systems worldwide, including deployments in 14 NATO navies.

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