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Navy/USMCNavy Demonstrates New Prototype MCM Technology On MQ-8C
The Navy recently demonstrated the prototype Single-system Multi-mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) System mine countermeasure (MCM) technology aboard an MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft. The SMAMD demonstration was used on […]
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Navy/USMCLeidos Wins Contract Worth Up To $358 Million To Design Navy’s Medium UUV
The Navy picked Leidos [LDOS] over three other bidders for a $12 million contract for the design of the Medium Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (MUUV). The contract includes options that, if […]
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Navy/USMCHII Tests LDUUV Launch And Recovery Capability
Navy shipbuilder HII [HII] this week announced the successful demonstration of a capability allowing amphibious ships to launch and recover Large-Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUVs). The company’s San Antonio-class amphibious […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Orca XLUUV To Carry 34-Foot Payload Module, Buying 6th Test Vessel
The Navy’s five Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) are planned to carry a large payload module once it is active and the service is also buying a sixth […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Task Force Using Venture Capital Model For Technology Investments, Seeks To Field New Tech Within Five Years
The Navy’s Unmanned Task Force (UTF) has spent its first months developing a sort of venture capital model to choose promising technologies useful for warfighter problems that can be delivered […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducting Market Research On MEDUSA Mining UUV
The Navy last month issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on developing systems for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and […]
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Navy/USMCHII: Lionfish Win Allows More International Sales
This week the CEO of HII [HII] said the company’s selection for the Navy’s Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) allows it to expand international sales. In March, the Navy […]
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InternationalAnduril Partners With Australia On Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
Anduril Industries said this week it is partnering with the Australian Defense Force on a $100 million effort for Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) for the Royal Australian Navy. […]
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UncategorizedHII Launches Odyssey Autonomy Suite
HII [HII] recently launched its new Odyssey suite of autonomy solutions that it says can be put on any ground, air, surface sea, or undersea vehicle to be made into […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins $14 Million MCM USV Production Contract
In a surprise win, the Navy awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $14 million contract on April 8 for production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) over two other […]
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