logo_TWZ_highcontrast-white-noborder
General Atomics

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)

Latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) Stories

Ghost Shark is being jointly developed and funded by a partnership between Defence and Anduril Australia, and will become Mission Zero (0) for the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA).

Australia’s Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 18, 2024

Full-scale prototype of Northrop Grumman's Manta Ray

Manta Ray High-Endurance Underwater Drone Unveiled

By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 8, 2024

Boeing's Orca extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle delivered to the U.S. Navy

Orca Drone Submarine Delivered To Navy

By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 20, 2023

The US Navy recently conducted the first end-to-end test of a uncrewed underwater vehicle that can be launched and recovered via a standard torpedo tube.

Navy Submarine Just Tested A Torpedo Tube-Recovered Drone

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 11, 2023

The Navy wants to demonstrate the ability to use a uncrewed underwater vehicle to launch and recover a drone that can operate underwater and in the air.

Uncrewed Submarine Will Launch, Recover Drone That Can Swim, Fly

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 13, 2023

An organization called AMMO Ukraine has given a new look at an uncrewed underwater vehicle called Marichka that it says could be used to launch kamikaze attacks on Russian targets.

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘Marichka’ Submarine Drone

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 25, 2023

North Korea Nuclear Torpedo Drone

North Korea’s New Nuclear Underwater Drone-Torpedo Follows Russia’s Playbook

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 28, 2023

Orca Navy boeing

Our First Glimpse Of The Navy’s Orca Unmanned Submarine At Sea

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 20, 2023

Navy exploring modifications that would turn ESBs into drone motherships

Navy’s Huge Expeditionary Sea Bases Could Become Drone Motherships

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 16, 2023

Royal Australian Navy's Ghost Shark drone submarine

This Is Australia’s Testbed For Its Upcoming ‘Ghost Shark’ Unmanned Combat Submarines

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 14, 2022

Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes

Sunken Ship Locations Could Be Kept Secret By The Military If Amendment Passes

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 22, 2022

Proteus UUV HII mothership

San Antonio Class Could Be Motherships For Undersea Drones With New System

By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 14, 2022

Orca Submarine Boeing

Navy’s 85-Foot Orca Unmanned Submarine Will Be A Minelayer First

By Dan Parsons / Updated May 27, 2022

U.S. Navy photo

This Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Snakehead Unmanned Submarine

By Brett Tingley / Updated Feb 17, 2022

Seawolf Class photo

Why Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Submarines Still Run Into Things Underwater

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 11, 2021

China photo

China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 9, 2021