{"id":14084,"date":"2018-06-26T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/26\/us-navy-funds-underwater-drone-swarms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:01:31","slug":"us-navy-funds-underwater-drone-swarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/06\/26\/us-navy-funds-underwater-drone-swarms\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy funds underwater drone swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=13f3ec0c-7c74-4669-bd87-fbac1216cb57\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-13f3ec0c-7c74-4669-bd87-fbac1216cb57.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aquabotix unveiled its SwarmDiver, a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Sea-Air-Space at National Harbor, Md, Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. Navy has awarded a grant to an underwater drone producer to help the service locate \u201cunexploded ordnance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $78,000 grant from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center assigns Aquabotix\u2019s SwarmDiver technology to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2018\/04\/26\/us-navys-unmanned-vehicle-efforts-are-the-answer-to-deterring-adversaries\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Navy<\/a> and allied vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SwarmDiver can record temperature, depth and salinity, and can be used for \u201cexternal navigation and positioning, mine countermeasures, port security, harbor management and torpedo countermeasures,\u201d according to Whitney Million, Aquabotix CEO.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/04\/16\/this-remote-controlled-naval-mine-attaches-to-ships-explodes-on-command\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stingray.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This remote controlled \u2018naval mine\u2019 attaches to ships, explodes on command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">This stealthy underwater device reportedly sticks itself under the hull of an enemy vessel with electromagnetic magnets. 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