Huntington Ingalls Industries says 10 Romulus unmanned vessels are under construction for U.S. Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries says 10 Romulus 151 medium unmanned surface vessels are under construction for the U.S. Navy through a Louisiana shipbuilding network. HII marked installation of a hull plaque on the first vessel in October after earlier Navy-monitored evaluations of its Odyssey autonomy system, including a 420-nautical-mile mission simulation. Odyssey is designed to manage navigation, onboard systems and payloads through an open architecture that can accommodate different sensors and mission equipment. The construction activity follows an order under the Navy's Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program; it does not mean all 10 vessels have been delivered or operationally deployed.