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Leidos Delivers Seahawk USV To Navy

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

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Leidos Delivers Seahawk USV To Navy

The formerly DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program full-scale Sea Hunter demonstration vehicle, used for modeling as a Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV). (Photo: DARPA)

Leidos [LDOS] finished the delivery of the Seahawk autonomous medium displacement unmanned surface vehicle (MDUSV) to the Navy, the company announced April 7. The company built the vessel via a $35.5 million 2017 contract from the Office of Naval Research. Work primarily occurred on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Seahawk is the designation of the second Sea Hunter MDUSV being operated by the Navy, also built by Leidos. The company described the Seahawk as a long-range, high-availability autonomous surface vessels with…

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