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Latest MCM USV Order To Bollinger Covers Four More Vehicles

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

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Latest MCM USV Order To Bollinger Covers Four More Vehicles

Sailors conduct mine countermeasures (MCM) unmanned surface vessel (USV) launch and recovery (L&R) operations in the mission bay of the USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) in fall 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Bollinger Shipyards this week announced the most recent Navy order for Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) covers four more vehicles, bringing the current total under contract to seven. Last month the Navy awarded Bollinger a $12.5 million modification to produce an unspecified number of additional MCM USVs (Defense Daily, Sept. 29). The company first won a $14 million contract to produce three vehicles to take over from Textron Systems [TXT], which had worked with the Navy for years…

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