08 July 2021
USN to continue development of submarine-launched MEDUSA UUV
by Nishant Kumar
The US Navy (USN) is progressing the development of its new Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA), with plans to demonstrate a prototype system in the coming months.
The USN has described MEDUSA as a medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) capable of offensive mining capabilities deployed from a submarine.
It may potentially carry other advanced payloads in the future to meet additional mission needs. MEDUSA features a torpedo tube launch capability, long-range, high-payload placement accuracy, and can handle heavy payloads.
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