Boeing aims to complete delivery of initial XLUUV set within 2025

By Nick Wilson / March 29, 2024 at 11:58 AM
After delivering an initial prototype in December, Boeing plans to turn over the remaining five Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles to the Navy before the end of 2025, according to company executives and service budget documents. The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request , which includes $21.5 million in research and development funding for the XLUUV “Orca” program, indicates two vehicles will be delivered in the final quarter of FY-24 with three more following in the first half of FY-25...

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