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REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) at United States

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), America's largest military shipbuilder with more than 42,000 employees, makes the REMUS family of autonomous undersea vehicles through its Mission Technologies division, the legacy-prime contrast to the new-defense maritime startups Saronic and Anduril. The REMUS line, whose lineage dates to 2001 from Hydroid and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution heritage, came to HII through its $350 million acquisition of Hydroid that closed on March 26, 2020, bought from Norway's Kongsberg, and spans the REMUS 100, 300, 600, and the newer REMUS 620 introduced in 2022 with up to 110 hours of endurance and 275 nautical miles of range, used for mine countermeasures, hydrographic survey, intelligence, and electronic warfare.

The registry records it at production, mature-fielded maturity, the highest in the maritime set, on the strength of an order for up to roughly 200 REMUS-class vehicles, a NOAA order for REMUS 620 units delivered in 2024, an international order, and, most significantly, operational fielding: in June 2025, in the Yellow Moray demonstration, HII conducted the first forward-deployed torpedo-tube launch and recovery of a REMUS 600 from the submarine USS Delaware across three fully autonomous sorties, followed by a new Defense Innovation Unit contract for a submarine Torpedo Tube Launch and Recovery system. Its autonomy is decades-mature and operationally demonstrated, the lowest claimed-versus-verified risk in the maritime set, while the TTLR contract value, the exact total REMUS 620 fleet delivered, and the full quantity delivered under the up-to-200 ceiling are not verified.

REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) by Huntington Ingalls Industries · Operated by Huntington Ingalls Industries · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Maritime

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of HII

HII footage of its REMUS autonomous undersea vehicle and its Sea Launcher launch-and-recovery system. REMUS conducts autonomous undersea navigation and mission management; a US defense system (range and endurance figures are HII's claims).

The U.S. Navy operates REMUS autonomous underwater vehicles for mine warfare and countermine missions, as well as oceanographic applications. The REMUS family includes the 100, 300, and 620 models, which are used in support of naval mine countermeasures operations.

Key facts

Fleet
REMUS 100, 300, and 620 models
Operator
United States Navy
Use Case
Mine warfare, countermine missions, and oceanographic applications
Technology
Autonomous underwater vehicles

Safety record

No incidents on record for REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) at United States.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
1997-01-01
ID
238f67ab-3f0f-4f92-9046-f4261723f6f6

Timeline

  1. Jan 1997
    First recorded
    REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) first documented operating at United States.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. HII REMUS AUV product family page (Mine Warfare + Oceanographic) · https://hii.com/what-we-do/divisions/mission-technologies/products/remus/
  2. US Navy Mine Warfare and Countermine Systems: REMUS operational use · https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Warfare-Centers/NSWC-Panama-City/Contacts/Mine-Counter-Measure/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: underwater

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
primary-government-record
Government record

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Methodology surface for REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) at United States.

Common questions

What is the REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) deployment at United States?
REMUS (100 / 300 / 620), built by Huntington Ingalls Industries, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Huntington Ingalls Industries operates the deployment directly.
Who operates REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) at United States?
Huntington Ingalls Industries, the manufacturer of REMUS (100 / 300 / 620), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) deployment at United States go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 1997 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the REMUS (100 / 300 / 620) deployment at United States?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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