Navy Now Focusing on Underwater Drones: ‘Game Changers’

NEWPORT, R.I. (TheBlaze/AP) — UAVs — unmanned aerial vehicles — have been getting at lot of attention in the media for various reasons of late, but they’re not the only drones out there. Underwater versions – unmanned undersea vehicles or UUVs — are being tested by the military for warfare and other purposes.

Just beneath the placid, sailboat-dotted surface of Narragansett Bay, torpedo-shaped vehicles spin and pivot to their own rhythm, carrying out missions programmed by their U.S. Navy masters. The bay known as a playground for the rich is the testing ground for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, where the Navy is working toward its goal of achieving a squadron of self-driven, undersea vehicles.

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