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Navy/USMC

Navy Says MEDUSA Mining UUV RFP To Be Issued This Month

Friday, September 1st, 2023

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Navy Says MEDUSA Mining UUV RFP To Be Issued This Month

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 on Thursday said it aims to issue an open competitive solicitation for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year, which means by Sept. 30. A notice published Aug. 31 said the service’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) within Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) is developing MEDUSA “to address the need for an advanced maritime mining system with long range…

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