Boeing has introduced the UUV Echo Voyager, it announced on 10 March.
The 51ft long vehicle can operate autonomously for months at a stretch with its modular payload bay and hybrid rechargeable power system. The UUV can be recovered and launched without support ships that are conventionally required for other UUVs. Boeing will commence the sea trials of Echo Voyager off the California coast in summer 2016.
Darryl Davis, president, Boeing Phantom Works, said: ‘Echo Voyager is a new approach to how unmanned undersea vehicles will operate and be used in the future. Our investments in innovative technologies such as autonomous systems are helping our customers affordably meet mission requirements now and in the years to come.’
Lance Towers, director, sea & land, Boeing Phantom Works, said: ‘Echo Voyager can collect data while at sea, rise to the surface, and provide information back to users in a near real-time environment. 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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