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Exploring the Orca XLUUV: America’s Deep-Sea Titan and Its Chinese Counterpart
In an astonishing development, Boeing Defense has just released the first-ever footage of its Orca extra-large unmanned ...
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Deep Sea Arms Race: Boeing's Orca vs. Mysterious Chinese Mega-Subs
In an astonishing development, Boeing Defense has just released the first-ever footage of its Orca extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle, or XLUUV, in action. This 80-ton autonomous titan ...
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Pentagon Calls for New Class of Large Autonomous Undersea Vessels
The Defense Innovation Unit has released a solicitation for the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform, a large unmanned ...
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Boeing plans to sell drone manufacturer Insitu for $500 million
In 2024, Boeing checked the investors' interest in the assets of the Orca UAV submarine division and decided to keep the assets owned. Boeing is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aviation, ...
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Proposed unmanned surface and submersible vessel testing site at NBVC Port Hueneme passes initial environmental assessment
Image courtesy of the U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communications Specialist William Spears "Orca [Boeing's Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle], and other platforms like her, are an important step ...
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Navy Signals Need for New Large AUV Class
The Defense Innovation Unit of the Pentagon has issued a call under the Project Description "CAMP – Combat Autonomous Maritime ...
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Report to Congress on Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles
XLUUV (Orca). XLUUVs (aka Orcas ... The Navy is working with Boeing to mitigate schedule delays and execute risk reduction testing which initiated in FY23 through the addition of a designated ...
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Seattle, a city with plenty to see — and eat
The Orca card is good on all of the components ... Tucked in next to the wings are several Boeing planes from 100 years ago that delivered the first Air Mail letters and carried the first passengers.
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RELATED: Grieving orca mom carries dead calf on her nose for ... Less than a day before jury selection was scheduled for two lawsuits against Boeing, the aerospace company settled with the ...
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US Navy Accelerates Investment in Large Naval Drones to Counter Growing Chinese Maritime Threat and Reduce Operational Vulnerabilities
The Navy initially ordered five Orca prototypes from Boeing in 2019 and has since acquired a sixth unit for testing. However, the program has encountered technical hurdles, particularly in the areas ...
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NBVC Port Hueneme Greenlights New Unmanned Vessel Testing Site
Boeing, instrumental to this advancement, has designed the XLUUV, known as ‘Orca’, an autonomous submersible with a 6,500 nautical mile range, capable of enduring mission periods of several months ...
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A Boeing plane made for a Chinese airline was sent back to the US
A Boeing jet meant for Xiamen Airlines returned to Boeing's US production hub on Sunday. Another is en route from China to the US territory of Guam. Boeing has said China is a "significant market ...