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HII Celebrates ROMULUS Unmanned Surface Vessel Production Progress for U.S. Navy in Louisiana

$HIIPress releaseOct 28, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

HII marked a production milestone on the first-in-class ROMULUS 151 unmanned surface vessel for the U.S. Navy's medium unmanned surface vessel program at a Louisiana ceremony. The Navy recently awarded HII a contract to build 10 ROMULUS 151 vessels, part of a distributed Gulf Coast production strategy using partners including Breaux Brothers Enterprises, Halimar Shipyard and Bayou Metal Supply & Manufacturing. The ROMULUS platform is built on HII's Odyssey autonomy suite, which completed 13 days of Navy-monitored testing including a 420-nautical-mile, 28-hour endurance mission that met all success criteria.

Key figures

Hii employees
45000
Usv vessels awarded
10
Evaluation duration days
13
Long endurance mission nm
420
Long endurance mission hours
28

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