Lockheed Martin Unveils Lamprey Multi-Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle

Lockheed Martin unveiled the Lamprey Multi-Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), a plug-and-play submersible built to enhance U.S. and allied naval operations.

Lamprey MMAUV is designed for stealth, endurance, and adaptability.

According to Lockheed Martin, it was built to meet the U.S. Navy’s demand for covert access and sea-denial operations.

The autonomous system can arrive in theater fully charged, hitching a ride on a host surface vessel or submarine without requiring modifications. Built-in hydrogenators recharge the vehicle, allowing it to deploy immediately.

The vehicle features an open-architecture, payload-centric design, supporting kinetic and non-kinetic effects, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), targeting, and seabed operations.

It also offers a dual-mode mission set Assured Access or Sea Denial enabling commanders to switch between stealthy intelligence and surveillance or electronic disruption, decoy, and kinetic operations using a single platform.