Navy unveils ideal autonomous undersea vehicle requirements

By Lee Hudson / December 15, 2015 at 7:30 AM
The Navy unveiled its ideal or "stretch goal" autonomous undersea vehicle architecture requirements to industry last week that included seven different segments. Brian Howes, undersea warfare division deputy director in the office of the chief of naval operations (N97), said Dec. 9 during an Institute for Defense and Government Advancement conference in Arlington, VA, his office and a number of organizations, including the Office of Naval Research, are developing what a common undersea autonomy architecture would look like. The various...

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