HII announced that the ROMULUS unmanned surface ship prototype has reached approximately 30% completion in the construction phase.
The project is on schedule and sea testing would begin in the last quarter of 2026, reinforcing the company’s plans to expand its capabilities in autonomous maritime systems.
The hull of the prototype is built at Breaux Brothers Enterprises in Louisiana, where progress has already been made in structural fabrication, equipment installation and autonomous control system integration Odyssey. According to THIS This technology forms the basis of the autonomy architecture of the ROMULUS and enables long-term operations, coordination across multiple platforms, and the rapid integration of new systems.
Of ROMULUS was developed as a modular family with artificial intelligence support and is designed for missions such as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, mine countermeasures and maritime operations support.
The program also arouses international interest, including from the United KingdomWhere Babcock the integration of the ship into the future autonomous and hybrid fleet concepts of the Royal Navy assesses.
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Today, HII introduced ROMULUS, a modular, AI-enabled family of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) powered by HII’s Odyssey Autonomous Control System (ACS) software suite.
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