Built with the US Navy’s need for covert, assured access and sea denial operations, LampreyMMAUV can arrive in theater with a fully charged battery. Mimicking nature, it can hitch a ride on a host surface vessel or submarine, utilize hydrogenators to charge batteries, and arrive in theater ready for operational missions. Lockheed Martin’s LampreyMMAUV can perform a wide range of missions, including delivering undersea and air kinetic and non-kinetic effects; performing intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, and multi-intelligence collection; and deploying equipment to the seafloor.
“The modern battlespace demands platforms that hide, adapt, and dominate,” said Paul Lemmo, vice president and general manager of Sensors, Effectors & Mission Systems at Lockheed Martin. “LampreyMMAUV was internally funded, letting us iterate at lightning speed and hand the Navy a true multi-mission weapon that detects, disrupts, decoys, and engages on its own.
Key Innovations that Put the Navy Ahead
- Novel Range and Placement: Mimicking nature, the vehicle attaches onto a host surface ship or submarine—no host modifications needed—once attached, it recharges batteries with built‑in hydrogenators.
- Deployable Payload Centric Design: From anti‑submarine torpedoes to UAV launchers, the open‑architecture payload bay lets customers tailor the vehicle to any mission set.
- Dual‑Mode Mission Set: LampreyMMAUV can execute Assured Access (stealthy intelligence, persistent surveillance, precision strike) or Sea Denial (electronic disruption, decoy deployment, kinetic attack), giving commanders a single platform that flips the maritime balance of power.
