
The Navy last month issued a Request For Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on developing systems for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and aims to award a prototyping contract by fiscal year (FY) 2023. The Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) is developing the MEDUSA as a “tactical clandestine mining system, with an expendable Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV),” able to be launched from the torpedo tubes of submarines. The MEDUSA includes…