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Navy Declares Initial Operating Capability For Towed UISS Minesweeper

Navy Declares Initial Operating Capability For Towed UISS Minesweeper
The Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) unmanned surface vessel, accompanied by an escort vessel, heads out for an Operational Assessment mission off the coast of South Florida in November 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy declared the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on July 22. “UISS’s declaration of IOC is a monumental achievement for the Navy’s Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Package (MP),” Capt. Godfrey Weekes, LCS Mission Modules (PMS 420) Program Manager, said in a statement on July 28.  UISS is a platform that performs acoustic and magnetic minesweeping while towed from the aluminum-hulled Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV). The MCM USV is the tow platform…

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