U.S. Navy showcases its new Snakehead unmanned submarine

Underwater robots help the military solve various tasks: clear mines, check underwater structures, map the bottom, deliver cargo, and provide communication between submarines and ships. The military is also interested in large underwater robots. Now, the U.S. Navy has showcased its new Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) for the first time during the christening event at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility. The event was hosted by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC). The Snakehead is a modular, reconfigurable, multi-mission LDUUV deployed from submarine large ocean interfaces, with a government-owned architecture, mission autonomy, and vehicle software.