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Navy Soon To Solicit Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

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Navy Soon To Solicit Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Textron's Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. (Photo: Textron)

The Navy on Wednesday said it intends to issue a “build to print” solicitation to produce a Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) by fiscal year 2020. The post on FedBizOpps said the MCM USV will be a ship- or shore-launched open architecture vehicle capable of autonomous safe navigation and mission execution. The Navy said the government expects to release a draft request for proposals (RFP) in 2019, with the formal solicitation release expected sometime in FY 2020. The…

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