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General Dynamics Wins Hammerhead Prototype Mine Contract

General Dynamics Wins Hammerhead Prototype Mine Contract
Slide from U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Programs plans from Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants and PMS-495, Mine Warfare, presented at the January 2019 annual Surface Navy Association Symposium. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ Mission Systems [GD] a $93 million contract on Sept. 30 to design, test and deliver the Hammerhead Prototype encapsulated anti-submarine warfare mine system. The Navy aims for the Hammerheads to be deployed from unmanned underwater vehicles to detect, classify and destroy anti-submarine warfare targets. According to a 2020 presolicitation post, Hammerhead will feature an encapsulated Mk 54 torpedo effector, which will be released to acquire and engage underwater targets. The service’s conceptual configuration of the…

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