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Navy Continues Six LUSV Study Contracts

Friday, August 5th, 2022

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Navy Continues Six LUSV Study Contracts

USS Ranger and USS Nomad SCO Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands on July 3, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Eric Parsons)

The Navy awarded six companies modifications to continue studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) worth over $61 million. In 2020, the Navy first awarded HII [HII], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLCS, Austal USA, Gibbs & Cox Inc. firm-fixed price contracts with individual awards worth about $7 million each for initial work on LUSV studies. Those awards included options for engineering support that, if exercised, would raise the total combined value to $59 million…

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