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Echo Voyager
Photo: US Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
PrototypeUnited States#18 in public attentionFully autonomous

Boeing · underwater vehicle

Echo Voyager

A 16 m extra-large AUV designed for missions of up to six months and 12,100 km, running on batteries underwater and recharging with a diesel generator at the surface, and operating on its own without a host ship.

Price
—Company demonstrator, not sold
Autonomy
DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless
TestingSince 2018-05
Fleet
1Reported; details below
Speed
14.4 km/hFaster than 33%
Range
12100 kmPer charge or tank
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Why it matters

Basis for the US Navy's Orca extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle.

Real-world use

Pool-tested in early 2016; from May 2018 Boeing tested fully autonomous deep-sea missions.

Timeline

First shown
2016
Released
Not yet
Onshore pool testing

Maker

BoeingCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless tests only
Where it runs
Off Southern California (test missions)
Driverless since
2018-05
Fleet
1

How it stacks up

Against other underwater that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. REMUS 620HII Mission Technologies · 202214.8 km/h
  2. Orca XLUUVBoeing with Huntington Ingalls Industries · 202314.8 km/h
  3. Echo VoyagerBoeing · 201614.4 km/h
  4. Boaty McBoatface (Autosub Long Range)National Oceanography Centre · 20173.6 km/h

Echo Voyager is faster than 33% of the 3 other underwater that publish a speed. Bars show the 3 closest in date.

Speed 14.4 km/h 3.6 km/h14.8 km/h #3 of 4 · faster than 33%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

#18 of 215 current vehicles in public attention.

22of 100
  • 1,675 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Echo Voyager)
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Boeing vehicle in order.

  1. Echo VoyagerEcho Voyager2016Prototype
  2. Orca XLUUVOrca XLUUV2019Pilot use
  3. MQ-25 StingrayMQ-25 Stingray2019Prototype

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedCompany demonstrator, not sold
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Boeing Boeing Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Can Operate Autonomously for Months Naval News Boeing delivers first Orca XLUUV to U.S. Navy

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