# Penn State ARL receives $735M Navy contract for undersea drone development

The U.S. Navy awarded Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory a $735 million contract for research, engineering and testing of large undersea unmanned vehicles, including the Snakehead drone. Work is to be completed by February 2028.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-12-23
- Where: State College, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $735.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: large undersea unmanned vehicles, guidance and propulsion systems, sonar and communications systems
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Penn State Applied Research Laboratory](https://endata.com/companies/67587.md)
- [United States Navy](https://endata.com/companies/15467.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [aviationpros.com](https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft-maintenance-technology/aircraft-technology/defense/news/21291191/snakeheads-chinooks-thrashers-us-approves-13-billion-in-pennsylvania-military-contracts), 2022-12-29: "The Applied Research lab at Penn State's main campus, though far from East and West Coast submarine bases, has been developing undersea sonar and other communications systems."

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