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Navy To Increase Hammerhead Mine Orders

Navy To Increase Hammerhead Mine Orders
Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) load a MK 67 submarine launched mobile mine (SLMM) onto Annapolis, May 4 while in port at Guam in 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Grooman).

The Navy last week announced plans to award General Dynamics [GD] Mission Systems a contract modification to increase Hammerhead anti-submarine mine orders. Notably, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) notice published March 13, the government is in the process of obtaining a “complete Technical Data Package” (TDP) for the Hammerhead in fiscal year 2026. A TDP typically allows the Navy to award production of a given system to a new or multiple contractors in order to quicken production…

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