US Navy's XLUUV will fill 'specific mission' in INDOPACOM

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The Navy is "committed" to getting Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles into the submarine fleet, particularly in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command region, according to a top service submariner. "There is a specific INDOPACOM requirement to which we are procuring the XLUUVs. We need that for a very specific mission and those vehicles will be procured," said Rear Adm. Doug Perry, director of undersea warfare, on Thursday at the Navy League's Annual Symposium. Alongside the XLUUV, the Navy will continue to...

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