Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

Abstract

The Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) is the Navy's Large UUV effort as part of the Family of UUVs, in support of maintaining the Navy's undersea superiority. It is the Navy's largest Submarine-launched UUV, providing increased endurance, depth capability, and payload capacity beyond small and medium class submarine deployed UUVs. The Snakehead LDUUV will be modular in design and include high accuracy mission sensors and communications links, as well as modular payload capabilities. It is intended that modules will have well defined interfaces for the purposes of implementing cost-effective upgrades in future increments to leverage advances in technology. The Snakehead LDUUV program is a CNO/ASN(RDA) approved Accelerated Acquisition, featuring a phased approach to grow capabilities at a manageable level of risk. Phase 1 is a Government developed prototype with significant Industry involvement to develop Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs), Concepts of Operation (CONOPS), and risk reductions for submarine integration. One Phase 1 vehicle, with sufficient test spares, will be fabricated for integration onto Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) equipped submarines with subsystem testing commencing in FY21 and vehicle in-water testing in FY22. Future LDUUV requirements include increased capabilities and integration onto Modernized DDS, as well as integration onto surface ships. In order to support a planned competitive award to Industry, a Phase 1 Technical Data Package and a draft RFP were shared with Industry, culminating with a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) released in Q1FY21.Phase 2 efforts were stopped in FY22.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0604031N_4_1319_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. Program Changes: FY 2021: -$1,763K Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) FY 2022: -$21.412K direct Congressional Reduction, -$979K general Congressional Reduction
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Cost Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Product Development
  • Product Prototyping
  • Program Management
  • Prototypes
  • Small Business
  • Submarine Launched
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Software Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy

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