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Navy Conducting Market Research On MEDUSA Mining UUV

Monday, May 9th, 2022

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Navy Conducting Market Research On MEDUSA Mining UUV

A new Remus 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) of the type delivered by Huntington Ingalls Industries to the German Navy in December 2020. (Photo: HII)

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…

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