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Navy/USMC

Navy Releases Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle RFP

Friday, May 22nd, 2020

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Navy Releases Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle RFP

A rendering of the Knifefish medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) which will be deployed from the littoral combat ship to sweep mines. (Illustration: General Dynamics)

The Navy released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) on May 21. According to a May 22 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) statement, this RFP covers the design, development, test and production of the MUUV. The Navy plans for the MUUV to be modular with plug-in capabilities and payloads for different mission and feature open systems and open architecture. It also expects the vessel to be deployable from both various vessels and ashore while…

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