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Navy/USMC

General Dynamics Completes Risk Test For Knifefish UUV

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

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General Dynamics Completes Risk Test For Knifefish UUV

General Dynamics [GD] has completed a risk evaluation for the Navy’s Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines, the company said Knifefish is planned to deploy on Littoral Combat Ships and reach initial operational capability by 2017. The risk evaluation verified key components of the UUV system, including the hardware and critical areas of hardware and software integration, General Dynamics said. The goal of the evaluation is to identify any potential problems while the program is still in its…

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