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Navy/USMC

Knifefish Gets Milestone C Approval, GD Wins Five-Unit LRIP

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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Knifefish Gets Milestone C Approval, GD Wins Five-Unit LRIP

A rendering of the Knifefish medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) which will be deployed from the littoral combat ship to sweep mines. (Illustration: General Dynamics)

After earning Milestone C approval from the Navy, the General Dynamics [GD] Knifefish surface mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) program won a five unit low-rate initial production (LRIP) order, the service said on Monday. The Knifefish is designed to be deployed from Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), vessels of opportunity, or from shore to find and classify buried, bottom, and volume mines in high-clutter environments. It is a major element of the LCS Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP). The…

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