Navy: Command orders more AUVs

The Navy has placed a new order under an existing contract for three additional autonomous underwater vehicles from Massachusetts-based Hydroid. The Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Command at Stennis Space Center, Miss., ordered the REMUS 100 MK 18 Mod 1 Swordfish model. The new AUVs will be used to protect U.S. ports and harbors against maritime terrorism threats, according to Hydroid. (Source: Cape Cod Times, Boston Globe, 05/14/10)