Submarine Readiness Squadron 32 Successfully Launch & Recover REMUS UUV
U.S. Navy submarine significantly enhances capabilities worldwide with latest mission.
The U.S. Navy has successfully completed a ground-breaking mission: the first end to end submarine torpedo tube launch and recovery of a REMUS medium unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) using the Yellow Moray System. The crew of the Virginia class attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) tested the Yellow Moray at the start of December 2023 from the Navy’s Submarine Readiness Squadron 32. The Yellow Moray system will provide the U.S. submarine force with additional mission capability while enhancing what the U.S. Navy’s submarines can provide the nation’s unified combatant commands around the globe.
The service aims to begin fielding this capability next year, providing all the submarines an additional tool for scouting for mines and other hazards, gathering intelligence and generally improving their situational awareness. The successful test of the Yellow Moray system involved dedicated members from the Oceanographic Systems Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Naval Undersea Warfare Centre (Code 45), American Systems, Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic, UUVRON-1’s Flotilla-1 and crew of the Virginia class submarines USS Indiana (SSN 789) and USS Oregon (SSN 793). Prime contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) assisted during the mission and provided support to the REMUS medium UUV.
While the exact details of the Yellow Moray launch and recovery are not clear, the Navy’s ability to perform these missions offers greater flexibility overall. An uncrewed capability such as this is valuable to a variety of submarine types for different reasons. Depending on the configuration, the REMUS medium UUVs can assist the Navy with applications such as Mine Countermeasures (MCM), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
The REMUS 620 torpedo-like battery powered UUV can operate at depths of 600 m to collect high-resolution data in support of long endurance defence missions. The design of the REMUS 600 was funded by the Office of Naval Research to support the Navy’s growing need for operations requiring extended endurance, increased payload and greater operating depths. The REMUS medium UUVs are used by expeditionary warfare forces to conduct long-endurance MCM and port and harbour clearances.
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