Orca XLUUV

Country of Origin: USA

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The Orca extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle (XLUUV) is being developed by Boeing to meet a U.S. Navy requirement for a large UUV. It is derived from the company's Echo Voyager UUV prototype (See Variants section).

Potential missions include mine countermeasures, mine-laying, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, electronic warfare and strike. The Navy's concept of operations involves the UUV sailing autonomously from port to an area of operations, loitering there,...

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