Posted on Jun 15, 2022
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Boeing Co. is expected to deliver Orca --an underwater drone the size of a subway car that’s envisioned to lay mines and perform other missions for the US Navy -- as much as three years later than planned.
As the Navy works to incorporate pilotless ships in its future fleet, budget documents show the first of five operational Orca drones may be delivered in September 2023, rather than December 2020, “due to contractor challenges and supplier issues.”
As the Navy works to incorporate pilotless ships in its future fleet, budget documents show the first of five operational Orca drones may be delivered in September 2023, rather than December 2020, “due to contractor challenges and supplier issues.”
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."“The Navy can improve the development by changing its management approach and better planning its strategy for transitioning its prototyping efforts,” she said. “We are currently in the process of reviewing the challenges facing” the Orca program “and plan to report on the Navy’s path forward this summer.”
Loren Thompson, an analyst for the Lexington Institute, said “the expectation is that Orca will eventually be able to perform mine-laying, mine countermeasures, intelligence-gathering, antisubmarine operations and electronic warfare missions” and maybe even conduct strike operations against surface targets at sea and on land.
Thompson, whose think tank takes contributions from Boeing, said “Orca could be the leading edge of a revolution at sea.”
..."“The Navy can improve the development by changing its management approach and better planning its strategy for transitioning its prototyping efforts,” she said. “We are currently in the process of reviewing the challenges facing” the Orca program “and plan to report on the Navy’s path forward this summer.”
Loren Thompson, an analyst for the Lexington Institute, said “the expectation is that Orca will eventually be able to perform mine-laying, mine countermeasures, intelligence-gathering, antisubmarine operations and electronic warfare missions” and maybe even conduct strike operations against surface targets at sea and on land.
Thompson, whose think tank takes contributions from Boeing, said “Orca could be the leading edge of a revolution at sea.”
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