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Strong-armed robot pioneers UUV recovery

By Tim Fish

11/30/2007

An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) has been recovered by an underway Los Angeles-class submarine using the AN/BLQ-11 mine reconnaissance system.

During tests on the AUTEC range in the Bahamas, USS Hartford launched an AN/BLQ-11 UUV from a starboard torpedo tube and recovered the vehicle via the system's 60 ft (18.3 m) robotic arm.

"AN/BLQ-11 is the first autonomous undersea vehicle to be successfully torpedo tube-launched and recovered by a submerged, underway submarine," a Boeing spokesman told Jane's on 28 November.

The deployment and retrieval of the UUV was completed on its first attempt and again in a second attempt two days later.

Designed for use in the US Navy's Los Angeles-class and Virginia-class attack boats, the system comprises two UUVs, the telescopic recovery arm, battery packs and other shipboard support equipment.

Image: The AN/BLQ-11 UUV is loaded in USS Hartford on the AUTEC range in the Bahamas (Boeing) 132 of 426 words

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The AN/BLQ-11 UUV(Boeing)

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