
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) posted a new solicitation on Monday for affordable production-ready small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSVs) that would hunt for targets and explode on contact. The notice said the Defense Department aims to “swiftly prototype and demonstrate one or more sUSV interceptors" to manufacture and deliver them at scale. The project is called Production-Ready, Inexpensive, Maritime Expeditionary (PRIME) Small Unmanned Surface Vehicle (sUSV) along with an associated collaborative intercept capability. DIU said the Navy has a need…