Navy UUV exercise in MS sound

GULFPORT, Miss. –The Navy is getting a major exercise together featuring Underwater Unmanned Vehicles (UUV) operating in the Mississippi Sound. Naval Oceanography command, based at Stennis Space Center, is taking part in Naval Undersea Warfare Center's annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) on Aug. 16. Navy personnel were preparing for a virtual demonstration at the University of Southern Mississippi's new Marine Research Center on Aug. 15. "This is the first time that the ANTX … has been performed on the Gulf Coast,” said Lt. Travis Miller, spokesperson for the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center. On Aug. 16, “we're going to go out and test a few technologies that further the capabilities of our Underwater Unmanned Vehicles,” Miller told WLOX-TV, which will compare a new technology that allows the Navy command to communicate with a UUV and change the direction and the remote operation of it underwater. The exercise gives military and civilian personnel an opportunity to work together in a low risk environment. (Source: WLOX 08/15/18)