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  • HII Completes 30-Day Endurance Test of Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Developed With Battelle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Completes 30-Day Endurance Test of Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Developed With Battelle

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed a 30-day endurance test of the Proteus unmanned undersea vehicle built by the company’s Undersea Solutions Group subsidiary and Battelle. HII said Tuesday Proteus was put in a tank at USG’s Florida facility where nearby computers fed navigational and depth data to the UUV’s autonomy and vehicle control systems to mimic an open water mission. Proteus was submerged […] More

  • Industry Explores New Tech to Power Unmanned Underwater Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Explores New Tech to Power Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

    Several technology companies are developing power generation systems and methods to operate unmanned undersea vehicles for an extended period of time, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes Rich Granger, business development lead at Battelle‘s maritime systems business, told the magazine that the company has designed a platform that aims to transfer power and data […] More

  • Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible

    Huntington Ingalls Industries unveiled its new submersible named Proteus, which was developed in partnership with Battelle and Bluefin Robotics, at the recent Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland, the Daily Press reported April 13. Hugh Lessig writes that HII highlighted Proteus’s “flexible” design as the company seeks to potentially deploy the submersible to support the U.S. Navy‘s undersea naval operations and warfare. […] More