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Textron Wins $22 Million For Counter-Mine USVs After Milestone C

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Textron Wins $22 Million For Counter-Mine USVs After 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 U.S. Navy awarded Textron’s [TXT] AAI Corp. unit a $22 million modification for low rate initiation production (LRIP) for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) days after the system achieved Milestone C. The UISS Unmanned Surface Vehicle program will allow Littoral Combat Chips to perform the mine countermeasure sweep mission and will target acoustic, magnetic, and magnetic/acoustic combination type mines. “The UISS program will satisfy the Navy's need for a rapid, wide-area coverage mine clearance capability, required to neutralize…

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