Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) represent some of the best operational investment opportunities for the U.S. Navy, and the service could use UUVs to offset submarine fleet reductions, says Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations.“If we make the right decision on UUVs, we could perhaps absorb a smaller sub force structure,” Roughead said June 16 during an event sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
UUVs would be cheaper to acquire and maintain than nuclear-powered submarines, which are among the most expensive vessels in the Navy fleet. UUVs would be ideal, he says, for “dull and dangerous” missions, remaining in one place with sensors saving and transmitting data. These have been the types of missions done by the Navy’s attack submarines.
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