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начала морские испытания роботизированного подводного аппарата Echo Voyager

Boeing’s 51-foot Echo Voyager is making its ocean debut as initial sea trials get under way for the company’s extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle (XLUVV)

http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20170605-XLUUV.html

Boeing is testing its Echo Voyager UUV off the coast of Southern California. The UUV could include a modular payload bay of up to 34 feet.

"This partnership provides the Navy a cost-effective, low-risk path to meet the emergent needs that prompted the Navy's Advanced Undersea Prototyping program," Darryl Davis, Boeing Phantom Works said in a company statement. "We are combining Boeing's preeminent UUV maritime engineering team with our nation's leading shipbuilder and Navy technical services company to get operational vehicles to the Navy years ahead of the standard acquisition process."

The Navy set aside $61.5 million in its fiscal year 2018 budget request for XLUUV prototyping. An XLUUV is categorized as a platform that is larger than 54 inches in diameter. The service will select two industry teams to design systems and will down select to one vendor for fabrication, according to budget documents.

https://insidedefense.com/insider/boeing-hii-team-navy-xluuv-competition