The five-year acceleration of a large unmanned undersea vehicle was made possible in part by the work the Navy has been doing with a similar vessel that is further along in the acquisition process, according to a service official. In the Navy’s fiscal year 2020 budget, a second government-led design phase for the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle, also called Snakehead, was eliminated, resulting in a preliminary design being shared with industry in FY-21 rather than FY-26. “The Orca Extra...
