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Sea Hunter

The Sea Hunter is an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle developed by Leidos as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. Launched in 2016, Sea Hunter is designed for long-duration missions, capable of tracking submarines and conducting various naval operations without onboard crew.

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Sea Hunter operates autonomously, utilizing advanced sensors and a modular open architecture to detect, track, and classify targets. Its autonomy suite enables compliance with maritime collision regulations (COLREGs), allowing safe navigation in congested waters. The vessel’s design emphasizes modularity, facilitating rapid adaptation for various mission profiles.

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Leidos
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United States of America
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Leidos is a global leader in autonomous solutions for defense applications, delivering advanced technologies that support complex missions across multiple domains. In the maritime sector, Leidos develops large-scale unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for anti-submarine warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance, and payload testing under DARPA and U.S. Navy programs.

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