
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $21 million contract on March 8 to develop the office’s Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS) mine countermeasure technology project. This follows an initial 2021 ONR notice for the MAGNUSS project that seeks to develop a future naval capability for an advanced minesweeping payload technology. At the time, ONR said it consists of a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnetic source with an advanced acoustic generator that could…