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Navy Taps General Dynamics For Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

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General Dynamics [GD] Advanced Informational Systems yesterday said it received a contract with a potential value of $86.7 million to design and build the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV) system. The system will initially be a part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Warfare mission package. The contract issued by the Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command, has a maximum potential value of $86.7 million for one Engineering Development Model (EDM) and five low-rate initial production systems if…

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