
Raytheon [RTN] was awarded an $83 million Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) contract on Thursday to design, test, and deploy the Barracuda mine neutralization system.The company describes the Barracuda mine neutralization system as an expendable, autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle that aims to identify and neutralize three kinds of sea minds: bottom, near surface, and drifting.The Barracuda will field a shallow water capability and will be an expendable modular neutralizer “consisting of a kill mechanism, propulsion, sensors, and communications buoy that…