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Navy/USMC

Navy Chooses HII For Lionfish SUUV Program

Monday, March 21st, 2022

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Navy Chooses HII For Lionfish SUUV Program

Slide 5 from PMS 408 Expeditionary Missions program manager Capt. Dan Malatesta’s presentation at Sea Air Space 2021. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy recently announced it plans to procure the Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) from Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. On March 18, Naval Sea Systems Command issued a presolicitation notice that it will seek to buy the Lionfish from HII. While the Navy did not say how many units it plans to buy, the notice said it “has a requirement for the procurement of multiple production lots of the Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle, support equipment, production hardware spares, and…

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