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Lionfish UUV Finishes Reviews Leading To Full-Rate Production

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

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Lionfish UUV Finishes Reviews Leading To Full-Rate Production

The HII Remus 300 small unmanned undersea vehicle, the basis for the Navy’s Lionfish SUUV program. (Photo: HII)

The Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) developer, HII’s Unmanned Systems [HII], announced it successfully finished reviews leading into the start of full-rate production on the vehicle to be used for mine countermeasures and ocean survey missions. In an Oct. 8 LinkedIn announcement, HII said the Lionfish UUV successfully finished the test readiness and production readiness reviews, which marks the start of full rate production. "The Lionfish program demonstrates the power of leveraging commercial technology to solve operational challenges at…

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