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Navy’s Knifefish UUV Draws Inspector General Criticism

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, November 10th, 2016

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Navy’s Knifefish UUV Draws Inspector General Criticism

A rendering of the Knifefish medium unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV) which will be deployed from the littoral combat ship to sweep mines. (Illustration: General Dynamics)

A Pentagon watchdog agency is urging the Navy to reassess or even cancel its Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) program, saying the mine-hunting effort is struggling.The Knifefish has been in development for almost five years but has yet to show it can meet its primary requirements for mine detection and identification, according to a report released Nov. 10 by the Defense Department’s inspector general office.“The Knifefish program is at risk of not being ready” for its low-rate production decision, slated…

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