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U.S. Navy Issues RFP for MUUV Program
The U.S. Navy released a request for proposals for the design, development, test, and production of the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) May 21.
22 May 2020
The U.S. Navy released a request for proposals for the design, development, test, and production of the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) May 21.
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Program Executive Office (PEO) Unmanned and Small Combatants has released the draft RFP for the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) program.
Day 1 at SNA 2020, the Surface Navy Association’s national symposium.
Austal, builder of the USS Independence-class and Lockheed Martin, builder of the USS Freedom-class LCS, have offered options for a “Frigate-type” LCS with hull lengthening, better weapons, better sensors, and various upgrades for higher performance, lethality, survivability, and C4SIR.
The US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a nine-ship — eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) — Block V contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2.
The US Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) is developing another way to protect naval assets and Sailors at the pointy end of the spear.
As Unmanned Underwater Vehicles are called to proliferate in a near future, the US Naval Surface Warfare Center’s (NSWC) Panama City Division is now exploring new options to ease the UUV launch and recovery phases.
Sailors aboard US Navy USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), successfully executed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System, the PEO IWS said on April 23.
The US Navy’s next generation LPD 17 Flight II Class amphibious transport dock ships are moving forward in Main Propulsion Diesel Engine (MPDE) efficiency by installing the common rail fuel injection system on the ship’s Pielstick-Colt 2.5V Sequentially Turbocharged (STC) engine.
ST Engineering announced on January 14 that its Marine arm has won S$560 million (US$412 million) worth of new contracts in the last quarter of 2018. The award of these contracts demonstrates the sector’s ability to deliver total marine and environmental engineering solutions at its facilities in Singapore and the US.
