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Navy/USMC

Textron Building First Unmanned Minehunting Boat For LCS

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

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Textron Building First Unmanned Minehunting Boat For LCS

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Textron [TXT] is currently constructing the first engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) unit of an unmanned boat that is the basis for the Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), which will be deployed from Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines, a company official told Defense Daily.After undergoing software integration and company tests, the EMD system is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy as soon as the end of 2016, Wayne Prender, Textron Systems’ unmanned systems…

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