:

Unmanned Systems

HII Delivers Navy’s First Lionfish UUVs

Monday, April 7th, 2025

SHARE:

HII Delivers Navy’s First Lionfish UUVs

HII REMUS 300 small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUV) being built for the Navy is based on its REMUS 300 platform to replace the aging Mk 18 Mod 1 Swordfish UUV. (Photo: HII)

HII on Monday said it delivered the first two Lionfish small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUV) to the Navy under a contract that could reach up to 200 vehicles. Lionfish is based on HII’s two-man portable REMUS 300 platform, which a company statement boasted is a modular, open-architecture SUUV designed for multi-mission adaptability and developed with the Navy and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The company noted this is the Navy’s first program transitioning from an other transaction prototype vehicles to full-scale…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]