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Navy’s New Unmanned Minesweeper Completes Shock Trials

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

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Navy’s New Unmanned Minesweeper Completes Shock Trials

The Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) unmanned surface vessel, accompanied by an escort vessel, heads out for an Operational Assessment mission off the coast of South Florida in November 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy on Tuesday said it successfully completed underwater explosion shock testing (UNDEX) for its newest unmanned minesweeper, the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS). The UISS is an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) that will allow the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to perform a mine countermeasure sweep mission to target acoustic, magnetic, and magnetic/acoustic combination mines. It aims to provide a high area coverage in a small package with minimal impact on the host vessel. The Textron [TXT] UISS consists of…

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