The UK MoD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) on April 16 launched a competition aiming at « developing the Royal Navy’s autonomous underwater capability » by studying he utility and operational boundaries of Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUVs).

Boeing won a $43 million contract for the fabrication, test, and delivery of four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) and associated support elements.

Naval News learned that Boeing recently submitted its proposal for Phase II of the U.S. Navy's Orca competition. We learned the information during the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) 2019 National Symposium held last week in Washington DC