Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Navy leaning on new tech in new sub production, nuke director says

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To build the equivalent of an annual 500% increase in submarine tonnage from 2004 to now, Adm. William Houston said the Navy is trying to leverage new technology like automated robot inspectors and drone-based monitors.
“We now have automated robots to do inspections…

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