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HII’s REMUS 620 next-generation medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle has been trialled during a US Navy UUV Confidence Course in the US.
The HII Mission Technologies uncrewed system was shipped from Massachusetts to Washington to trial several technical aspects of the vehicle.
The REMUS 620 also reportedly successfully underwent the full range of pre-mission checks and ballasting.
“Getting a chance to put our newest design through its paces on the Navy’s UUV confidence course was a great opportunity for us to validate our design improvements to the vehicle. We also gained a lot of valuable operational data using the Kraken MINSAS 120,” said Adrian Gonsalves, REMUS 620 product manager.
“The confidence course provided us a great benchmark we can use to continue our improvements to this great design and gave us a chance to show UUV sailors in Keyport how much improvement we built into this next-gen MUUV in terms of modularity and maintainability.”
This is the first utilisation of the Navy’s confidence course by an industry-provided medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) and highlights the partnership between the Unmanned Undersea Vehicles Group ONE (UUVGRU-1) and industry.
The course was established to provide repeatable and comparable performance data for accelerated capability development in support of Chief of Naval Operations’ NAVPLAN Project 33 and submarine force objectives focused on enhancing warfighting readiness.
HII is extremely proud to be one of the first industry partners to utilise this unique and important national defence asset, according to the company.
