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Navy Conducting More Market Research For New Aerial Delivered Maritime Mines

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

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Navy Conducting More Market Research For New Aerial Delivered Maritime Mines

A B-52 Stratofortress conducts an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER Naval mine project in the Pacific Ocean on May 30, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy is conducting another round of market research on a potential Long Range Air Delivered Maritime Mine (LRADMM) in a Request For Information (RFI) issued on May 20. The RFI specifically aims to help the Navy determine whether industry has the capabilities needed to successfully design, manufacture, assemble, test and deliver a long-range air delivered maritime mine. Previously, in 2020 the Navy issued an RFI for the same purposes. At the time, the Navy said the concept for the…

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