Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS)

Mission

Provide clandestine undersea mobility for SOF personnel and their mission support equipment

Description

	Manned, dry-combatant mini-submarine
	Operates in a wide range of environmental extremes and threat environments
	Provides increased range and payload capacity, robust communication, loiter capability, and diver protection from the elements
	Ample, dry habitable environment for SOF personnel and equipment
	Rapid lock-out/lock-in capability
	Transportable by sea, air or land

Status

	ASDS contract awarded in 1994 for design, construction, and testing of the lead ASDS vehicle, a Land Transport Vehicle, host submarine conversion, and options to construct up to five follow-on production units
	First ASDS constructed and delivered: FY 2000

Contractor

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Annapolis, Maryland

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