Orca XLUUV
The US Navy's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle programme, developed around modular mission payloads.
- Country / region
- United States
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Boeing
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle; XLUUV
- Variants / configurations
- Named configuration; see the evidence and specification notes
- Operators / programme customers
- US Navy — prototype programme
Evidence & current status
The new >1,000-nautical-mile transit statement was read in indexed official Navy text; direct page retrieval returned HTTP 403. It supports a reported development milestone, not a maximum-range specification or fleet acceptance.
Role & capabilities
- Autonomous undersea missions
- Modular payload integration
- Large-vehicle experimentation
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Hull / propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Approximately 51 ft / 16 m long; 8.5 ft / 2.6 m wide
Published baseline vehicle dimensions; do not treat as every payload-module configuration.
Source ↗ - Displacement / mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Modular mission payload architecture
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Operating depth
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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