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Navy Solicits Industry Information On Contender Torpedo Vehicle

Friday, June 9th, 2017

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Navy Solicits Industry Information On Contender Torpedo Vehicle

The Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Department of the Navy posted a sources sought solicitation last Monday to FedBizOpps seeking information from industry on their ability to provide recommendations for the Contender torpedo vehicle.The Navy is seeking to use the latest innovations in advanced manufacturing to produce a “reliable, reasonably priced weapon that can be transitioned to industry for production with minimal or no re-design,” the solicitation says. The Contender vehicle project is a…

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