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Navy Issues Updated Final RFP For T-AGOS 25 Class

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

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Navy Issues Updated Final RFP For T-AGOS 25 Class

The Military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) on March 9, 2009. It is the type of ship that deploys the SURTASS submarine detecting system for the U.S. Navy. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy issued an updated version of the final Request For Proposals (RFP) looking for industry proposals on design and construction of the new Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship (T-AGOS 25) class. According to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released this month, the Navy plans to procure up to seven total T-AGOS 25 vessels. The ships support antisubmarine warfare by using the Surveillance Towed-Array System (SURTASS) to gather undersea acoustic data and transmit the data via satellite to shore…

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