Navy Receives "First-of-its-Kind" Massive Submarine-Like Undersea Drone

Published on December 24, 2023



The Orca is a submarine-size unmanned platform capable of autonomously sensing dark regions of the sea without requiring human intervention.

The US Navy has taken delivery of a massive, first-of-its-kinds submarine-like large underwater drone able to patrol the depths of the undersea with advanced sensing and unprecedented endurance.

The Orca, as it is called, is a submarine-size unmanned platform capable of autonomously sensing dark regions of the sea without requiring human intervention. In development for many years, the large, submarine-sized Orca drone evolved from an experimental Unmanned Undersea Vehicle called Echo Voyager which was an 84-foot long undersea drone able to reach depths of 11,000 feet and travel ranges up to 6,500 nautical miles, according to Boeing data.

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