American torpedo tube-launched underwater search and survey unmanned undersea vehicle
Class overview
Name
AN/BLQ-11
Builders
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)
Operators
United StatesBoeing
General characteristics
Type
Unmanned undersea vehicle
Displacement
1,244 kilograms (2,743 lb))
Length
6 m (20 ft)
Beam
0.53 m (1 ft 9 in)
Height
0.53 m (1 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
Thrusters
Endurance
60 hours (nominal load)
Test depth
1,000 m (3,300 ft)
The AN/BLQ-11 autonomous unmanned undersea vehicle (formerly the Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS)) is a torpedo tube-launched and tube-recovered underwater search and survey unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) capable of performing autonomous minefield reconnaissance as much as 200 kilometers (120 mi) in advance of a host Los Angeles-, Seawolf-, or Virginia-class submarine.
Boeing concluded the detailed design phase of the development project on 31 August 1999.
In January 2006, USS Scranton successfully demonstrated homing and docking of an LMRS UUV system during at-sea testing.[1]