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Navy’s Unmanned UISS Reaches Milestone C

Thursday, February 27th, 2020

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Navy’s Unmanned UISS Reaches Milestone C

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’s Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) granted the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Milestone C, setting up low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the system, the office said Wednesday. The service said now it plans to exercise options to procure three LRIP systems using the current Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract with UISS prime contractor Textron [TXT]. LRIP is expected to start in fiscal year (FY) 2021. The Navy awarded Textron the EMD contract in…

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