HII demonstrates Sea Launcher launch and recovery system

HII (HII) announced the shipboard deployment and recovery of a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle using the company’s automated launch and recovery system, Sea Launcher. The demonstration represents a key milestone in advancing operationally proven manned-unmanned teaming for maritime missions and highlights HII’s ability to integrate mature automation and autonomy into ship-ready systems, including the HII ROMULUS family of unmanned surface vessels currently in production. During recent testing, HII validated key aspects of system performance to support a fully autonomous, end-to-end launch and recovery sequence. The test used a representative vehicle configured for real-world mission conditions and mirrored a recovery procedure that has been proven in deployments repeatedly across U.S. Navy and allied operations.