{"id":51280,"date":"2023-06-07T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/07\/france-taps-naval-group-for-armed-underwater-drone-study\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:37:45","slug":"france-taps-naval-group-for-armed-underwater-drone-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2023\/06\/07\/france-taps-naval-group-for-armed-underwater-drone-study\/","title":{"rendered":"France taps Naval Group for armed underwater drone study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STUTTGART, Germany \u2013 The French military has awarded Naval Group a new contract to study the design of a future armed unmanned underwater vehicle, the company announced June 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nine-month study will allow Naval Group to examine principal use cases and develop system architectures for an Unmanned Combat Underwater Vehicle, or UCUV. Its missions would include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), with the idea of helping the French military \u201cmaster\u201d the seabed, according to Naval Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Armed Forces Ministry\u2019s procurement office, the Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Armement, awarded the contract on May 4, per a company statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study comes as Naval Group prepares its extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle (XL-UUV) demonstrator for sea qualification this summer. The company began developing the system in 2016 and first unveiled it in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once qualified, Naval Group will use the XL-UUV to test various \u201ctechnological bricks\u201d in a short cycle, the company said. 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