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TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 U.S. Navy special operators are upgrading their underwater fleet <\/a>to continue reaching their objectives amid a looming gap in submarine capabilities, according military officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy SEALs have used the dry deck shelter<\/a> with modified<\/a> Ohio-class submarines for decades. The shelter, attached to a submarine, allows divers to remain dry as they transport to their launch site, don wetsuits and dive gear, then exit and later return to the sub undetected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the shelters require 10 sailors to operate and get six SEALs out of the platform, Navy Capt. Burt Canfield said Tuesday at the Special Operations Forces conference. Canfield overseas dry deck shelter acquisitions for Special Operations Command. There are five shelters in service, the oldest of which has been in use for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dry Deck Shelter Next program, launched in fiscal 2024, is currently in a multiyear research and development phase, Canfield said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shelters were expected to shift to working with the upcoming Virginia-class submarines. However, as Ohio-class subs go out of service, production delays for the Virginia boats could limit how SEALs use the two platforms to reach their destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That target is still in the Navy\u2019s sights and will include optimizing a topside hangar for the platform that will allow users to launch crewed submersibles, large unmanned undersea vehicles, and smaller unmanned underwater and aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Brien, a Navy diver, rigs the dry deck shelter for a dive aboard the guided-missile submarine Ohio. (Petty Officer 1st Class Barry Hirayama\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Canfield said SOCOM hopes to add automation to some of the shelter\u2019s functions and remote operations to reduce the crewing from 10 sailors to operate down to six or fewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to operate inside the hull, get the [SEAL Delivery Vehicle] out remotely, increase safety and increase capacity,\u201d the captain noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, advances to some other systems are helping SEALs find workarounds to traveling farther underwater. Navy Capt. Jared Wyrick, SOCOM program executive officer for maritime systems, said they are \u201cfinding ways that we\u2019re going to still get those missions done even if we don\u2019t have that submarine underneath us to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOCOM reached full operational capability on its dry combat submersible in fiscal 2024, said Cmdr. Jonathan Connelly, program executive officer for the command\u2019s maritime undersea systems. The dry submersible is a 39-foot long submarine<\/a> built by Lockheed Martin that weighs 28 tons with a full load, uses a crew of two sailors and can carry eight SEALs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The submersible can travel up to 60 miles and remain submerged for 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That range and time, paired with recent advancements in combat diver gear, including individual jet propulsion systems, is allowing SEALs to travel farther underwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyrick said that SOCOM personnel are meeting with partners such as the United Kingdom and Norway to find other approaches to filling the undersea mobility gaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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