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The Boeing Orca can cross thousands of miles on its own to lay mines and scout, all without a single sailor aboard

The U.S. Navy designed the Boeing Orca to do something no crewed submarine can safely do on a routine basis: travel thousands ...
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The US Navy is buying 16 Boeing Orca robot submarines built to lay mines and hunt targets with no crew aboard, racing to match China’s fleet

The U.S. Navy’s plan to field 16 Boeing Orca extra-large unmanned undersea vehicles, designed to lay mines and track targets without a single sailor aboard, collided with sharp congressional scrutiny ...