(With infographic) Over the next year, the US Navy's unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) will continue to be used in a variety of mission sets, including mine counter measures, anti-submarine warfare, ISR, and oceanography.
The Department of the Navy’s 2018 Presidential budget request includes more than $151 million for the development and deployment of UUVs to aid these intricate missions. Some of the key investment highlights have been portrayed in the infographic “Investments in Unmanned: The Navy’s FY18 Budget at a Glance”, kindly supplied to us by the Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA).
Picture (top): A member of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) detachment with U.S. Navy Commander Task Group (CTG) 56.1 uses a hook to guide a UUV for recovery during a training exercise June 11, 2013, in Bahrain. CTG 56.1 provided mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage diving and force protection and promoted theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
