The US Navy will test an unmanned submarine this summer

Captain Scott Searles, head of the Navy’s unmanned maritime systems program, says that this summer the US Navy is going to test the 80-ton Orca unmanned submarine, equipped with a 34-foot payload module for concealed placement of mines and other cargo.

Boeing is developing five such devices. The Orca was already being tested in April, according to a US Navy spokesman.

It is noted that the main task of the submarines will be the placement of mines.