In a progressive move towards achieving maritime mastery, France’s military has entrusted Naval Group with the task of conducting a study on the design of an armed unmanned underwater drone. The contract, bestowed on May 4 by the Armed Forces Ministry’s procurement office, the Direction Générale de l’Armement, ushers in a pivotal phase for Naval Group.

Over the next nine months, the study will focus on defining key use cases and crafting system architectures for the Unmanned Combat Underwater Vehicle (UCUV). With its expected tasks ranging from intelligence gathering to surveillance and reconnaissance, the UCUV aims to offer the French military an effective tool to ‘master’ the seabed, as mentioned by Naval Group.

Concurrent with the UCUV study, Naval Group is advancing its work on the extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XL-UUV). Initiated in 2016, the project, which first came to light in 2021, is nearing its sea qualification phase set for this summer. The…

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Source: dronexl.co