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NSWC Panama City, BYU develop and test algorithms for dynamic multi-UUV bathymetry localization
May 23, 2024 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Brigham Young University (BYU) are collaborating to develop techniques that enable teams of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to cooperatively maintain an accurate, location estimate while operating for long periods of time in submerged scenarios. Through the development of... MORE

Brigham Young University Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) students preparing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for field testing. This NEEC project is developing techniques to enable teams of unmanned underwater vehicles to cooperatively maintain an accurate, location estimate while operating for long periods of time in submerged scenarios. (courtesy photo)

Navy and Industry Partners Complete Production Mk 18 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Systems
February 3, 2023 — Washington – The Navy announced today a significant milestone in the delivery of unmanned undersea warfighting capability to the fleet. Production of the MK 18 Mod 2 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) program of record has completed.Managed by the Expeditionary Missions program office under the Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small... MORE

NSWC PCD provides One Team support to NUWC Newport, HII to deliver launch and recovery capabilities
October 24, 2022 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and HII entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) entitled Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) Launch and Recovery (LAR) Testing, Sept. 1, 2022.Pharos is a new HII LAR system which was built to operate with large unmanned underwater vehicles like Naval Undersea... MORE

HII’s Pharos receives final preparation before launching into the water as the system needed to ensure it was capable of ballasting and de-ballasting in a loaded condition and also demonstrate its capability to be recovered from a large boat ramp at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City, Fla., Sept. 1. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s Unmanned Systems Test and Evaluation Team along with support from NSA Panama City and U. S. Coast Guard Station Panama City, combined efforts to help the successful launch and recovery testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Ronnie Newsome)

Underwater Energy Transfer to Expand UUV Capability
August 20, 2015 — The Navy uses UUVs for many types of missions, including the location and identification of underwater threats such as mines, ocean floor mapping, and optimizing remote sensing platforms. The ability to use wireless technology to charge UUV batteries while underwater may significantly decrease time between missions, improving overall utility... MORE

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