Torpedo tubes get new role as AUV launchers

L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the US Defense Innovation Unit to deliver its Torpedo Tube Launch and Recovery (TTLR) system, which deploys and retrieves autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) through existing submarine torpedo tubes without the submarine needing to surface or expose personnel to risk.

The system deploys and retrieves the company’s Iver4 900 AUV and has been validated by US and allied navies for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, mine detection and seabed warfare missions. The TTLR launcher and multiple Iver4 900 AUVs will be built at