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Editorial bout 12 years ago I was invited to the home of then Chief of

Naval Operations, Admiral Gary

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Roughead, for “a discussion on unmanned underwater systems.” When I ? rst received the invite, my ? rst thought was © Jason Adelaars MBARI 2023 www.marinetechnologynews.com “how did I get on this list.” But that dinner

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Justin Zuure on the path, direction and importance of the

CEO subsea vehicle market. Sitting at that table

John C. O’Malley jomalley@marinelink.com that night were several U.S. Navy Admirals as well as the CEOs from about a dozen autonomous underwater vehicle companies, and

President & COO

Gregory R. Trauthwein the discussion was of considerable depth and scope regarding the navy and its need for trauthwein@marinelink.com subsea robotics to perform as well, as long as their cousins on the land and in the air.

Fast track to 2024, and many of the topics discussed that evening are coming to fruition

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Kevin Hardy now. Last month Boeing delivered the ? rst Orca XLUUV, essentially a small, uncrewed

Celia Konowe

Edward Lundquist military submarine that is designed to stay at sea for up to six months at time to complete

David Strachan as many missions that can be loaded into its considerable payload bay. In fact, “The sky’s the limit in terms of payloads that can be brought into the vehicle” is how Ann Stevens,

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Vice President, Boeing Maritime & Intelligence Systems, said it in our recent interview vasilets@marinelink.com which starts on page 22.

But bigger is not always better, and there has been a continued evolution of vehicles

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Nicole Ventimiglia and systems across the size and capability scale, from the micro to extra-large. That, in nicole@marinelink.com turn, has spurred a fast evolution of associated technologies – from sensors to batteries to materials – all working in unison to maximize capability and endurance while minimiz-

Corporate Staff ing power draw and the need for maintenance. As we all know, the military is a big and

Manager, Marketing primary driver for these technologies, and we’re pleased to present a pair of topical articles

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink.com in this edition: ? rst, David Strachan’s look at the rise drone wars and of Combat UUVs,

Accounting starting on page 8; second, an inside out look at the U.S. Navy and its subsea vehicles from

Esther Rothenberger rothenberger@marinelink.com our resident Navy insider Edward Lundquist.

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