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REMUS 620 Conducts First Torpedo Tube Recovery and Swimout
Joint Team Hits Key Milestone in Submarine-Launched UUV OpsNEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A joint team from HII (NYSE: HII), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWC Division Newport) has successfully completed the first recovery of a second-generation REMUS 620 into a Virginia-class submarine torpedo tube and shutterway test fixture at Seneca Lake, New York. This milestone, achieved less than seve
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