Development Overview and Application Prospects of Advanced UUVs

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) showcase transformative capabilities within various domains, attributable to their inherent characteristics of stealth, intelligent capabilities, and reconfigurability. Currently, a multitude of nations globally engage in a competitive development of various UUV archetypes, extensively employed in intelligence surveillance and hazardous material searching. This paper summarizes the UUV models and their applications being developed or installed by science and technology powers such as the United States, Britain, and Russia. Subsequently, the manuscript scrutinizes the quintessential technologies buttressing the application of UUV and elucidates the interplay between pertinent technologies and capacity to implement mandates. In conclusion, the manuscript proffers a prospectus on the application of UUV in forthcoming complex marine environments, seeking to provide relevant references for the development of advanced UUV in China to accomplish various underwater mission.