USN to test launching UAV from submarine at RIMPAC 2012

A submerged U.S. Navy submarine will launch a unmanned aerial vehicle in next year’s RIMPAC exercise.

Raytheon will utilize its submerged launch vehicle (SLV) to deploy the AeroVironment Switchblade UAV.

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