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GD Delivers First Of Five Knifefish UUV Systems To Navy

GD Delivers First Of Five Knifefish UUV Systems To Navy
An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Knifefish mine countermeasures platform being recovered by Military Sealift Command's expeditionary sea base, USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (T-ESB 4), while the ship was at anchor in the Chesapeake Bay, Sept. 14, 2019. This was the first time a UUV was launched and recovered by an expeditionary sea base. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

General Dynamics’ [GD] Mission Systems business unit announced last Thursday it delivered the first Knifefish surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) system to the Navy. The company told Defense Daily delivery occurred on February 26 and noted it was under a contract awarded in August 2019. In 2019 the Knifefish successfully achieved a Milestone C approval and subsequently won a $44.6 million modification for five low-rate initial production (LRIP) systems. (Defense Daily, Aug. 26, 2019). The Knifefish is designed…

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