The Navy has actually granted agreements completing $41,985,112 to 6 business for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) researches. Each agreement consists of a choice for design assistance that if worked out would certainly bring the collective worth for all honors to $59,476,146.
The firm-fixed cost agreements were granted to Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss; Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore; Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, LLC., Lockport, La.; Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis.; Gibbs & & Cox Inc., Arlington, Va.; and also Austal UNITED STATES, LLC, Mobile, Ala., adhering to a complete and also open competitors that started with the launch of a Request For Proposals in (FY) 2019.
These agreements were developed in order to improve specs and also needs for a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel and also carry out dependability researches notified by market companions with prospective remedies before competitors of a Detail Design and also Construction agreement.
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“These studies contracts will allow the Navy to harvest the learning from our land- and sea-based prototyping efforts and work directly with industry to refine the requirements for an affordable, reliable, and effective Large Unmanned Surface Vessel and reduce risk for a future design and construction competition,” claimedCapt Pete Small, program supervisor, Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406), within the Program Executive Office, Unmanned and also Small Combatants at Naval Sea Systems Command.
The LUSV program sustains the Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Force style with the advancement and also fielding of affordable, high-endurance, unmanned automobiles that match manned surface area contenders.
Reference: navy.mil
