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Boeing
Echo Voyager Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Can Operate Autonomously for
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Boeing
today introduced Echo Voyager, its latest unmanned, undersea vehicle
(UUV), which can operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to
a hybrid rechargeable power system and modular payload bay. The 51-foot-long
vehicle is not only autonomous while underway, but it can also be launched
and recovered without the support ships that normally assist UUVs. Echo
Voyager is the latest innovation in Boeing’s UUV family, joining
the 32-foot Echo Seeker and the 18-foot Echo Ranger. |
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Echo Voyager, Boeing’s latest unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV),
can operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to a hybrid rechargeable
propulsion power system and modular payload bay. The 51-foot vehicle
is the latest innovation in Boeing’s UUV family, joining the 32-foot
Echo Seeker and the 18-foot Echo Ranger. Photo credit: Boeing
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“Echo Voyager is
a new approach to how unmanned undersea vehicles will operate and
be used in the future,” said Darryl Davis, president, Boeing
Phantom Works. “Our investments in innovative technologies such
as autonomous systems are helping our customers affordably meet mission
requirements now and in the years to come.”
Echo Voyager will begin sea trials off the California coast later
this summer. Boeing has designed and operated manned and unmanned
deep sea systems since the 1960s.
“Echo Voyager can collect data while at sea, rise to the surface,
and provide information back to users in a near real-time environment,”
said Lance Towers, director, Sea & Land, Boeing Phantom Works.
“Existing UUVs require a surface ship and crew for day-to-day
operations. Echo Voyager eliminates that need and associated costs.”
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