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The Navy has embarked three unmanned surface vessel (USV)-based mine counter measure (MCM) mission packages aboard three Independence-class variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) that will support Fifth Fleet operations this year, a service official said on Wednesday. A fourth MCM mission package will be ship-borne this spring, Capt. Matthew Lehmann, program manager for the LCS and related mission modules, said during a briefing at the Surface Navy Association symposium. Last October the Navy certified the baseline MCM package for deployment,…
