The Orca is the name of the new autonomous submarine being developed by the Navy to fight future wars
Key point: Washington has completed tests of a drone sub marine that is capable of making long trips by itself. This is an important step towards warships that can fight on their own. At a Military parade celebrating its 70th anniversary, amongst many other exotic ωεɑρσռs, two HSU-001 sub marine s—the world’s first large diameter autonomous sub marine s to enter Military service. The unarmed robot sub marine s visibly had communication masts and sonar aperture suggestive of their intended role as tireless underwater surveillance systems intended to report on the movements of warships and sub marine s of other navies in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. While the United States may not be the first to operationally drone a Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV), it is not far behind with a slightly smaller sub Extra Large UUV. In February 2019, the Navy awarded Boeing a $274.4 million contract to build four (later increased to five) Orca autonomous vehicles, b...