uuv

https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/exail-tapped-for-emcm-project/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/our-first-look-at-japans-new-xluuv-submarine-drone/

Anyone have more details about this UUV? https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/us-houthi-strike-underwater-drone-red-sea

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/8f6050fdcdec7876cc135c0378202bf2.kcmsf Important Weapon Test and Firing Drill Conducted in DPRK I made a simple fix to the panels in the background: There is currently no way to estimate the size of this vehicle.

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/at-euronaval-defense-firms-dive-deep-into-seabed-warfare-platforms/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/chinas-secret-extra-large-submarine-drone-program-revealed/

Prototype is already in the water, it's been worked on since 2018ish. ~10 meters (33 ft), up to 20 meters (66 ft) with additional power options. Displacement: ~10 tons Service version will have a weapons/equipment bay. Our own Covert shores did a nice comparison image of different...

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/gaza-news/guardian-of-the-walls-the-first-ai-war-669371 https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-thwarted-underwater-drone-attack-by-hamas-from-northern-gaza/...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/05/royal-navy-to-get-first-large-autonomous-submarine/#338120f1f0b6 https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/manta-the-royal-navy-gets-its-first-extra-large-autonomous-submarine/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a26344025/navy-extra-large-unmanned-submarines-boeing/

Not much in the way of details yet. Apparently in the same class as the USN's XLUUV program, though requirements haven't been nailed down yet. Presumably will be operated by the MSDF, that is, if it ever manages to emerge from the unholy mess that is the Acquisition Technology and Logistics...

Sorry it's a UUV https://news.usni.org/2017/04/04/navy-splits-lduuv-into-rapid-acquisition-program-at-peo-lcs-rd-effort-at-onr

SecNav Posits Drone Ships Fueled by Sediment At a breakfast meeting with DC-based defense reporters today, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (now clearly not in contention to be SecDef) sketched a future force of unmanned ships pulling power from the sea floor. Office of Naval Research just did...

In the Eighties there was an infamous spate of submarine incidents in Swedish waters, apparently involving mini submarines penetrating close to shore (and even inside harbour areas). From the reports at least some of these would appear to have been fitted with Caterpillar/Tank style Tracks...