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Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command announced a $10.8 million order late last week to the Textron Systems Corp. Unmanned Systems segment in Hunt Valley, Md., for engineering and technical services for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) unmanned patrol boat.

The UISS uses the Textron Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) will travel aboard the LCS and will deploy as necessary to detect, pinpoint, and trigger explosive sea mines hidden under the surface to damage or destroy surface warships or commercial shipping.

The system consists of the CUSV unmanned power boat that tows an acoustic and magnetic minesweep system that emits acoustic and magnetic signals that provide a false signature that triggers mines. The surface vessel while operating will be far enough away so that it will not be damaged by a detonating mine, Navy officials say.

Sursa: militaryaerospace.com

The US Navy, will cooperate with aerospace and defense company, in order to add anti-surface weapons to an unmanned surface vehicle, which, until now, has been used as a passive platform for mine countermeasures.

Namely, Textron and Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct a study agreement to weaponize the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) for a surface warfare role.

NAVSEA will be responsible for the construction of a surface warfare payloads onto the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV), which will include various missiles, designators, sensors, and remote weapon stations.

Sursa: safety4sea.com

“Our first project is what we are calling a Surface and Expeditionary Warfare Mission Module which will consist of our engagement technology paired with our Battle Management System (BMS) controlling a Longbow Hellfire Missile,” said Chris Nerney, NSWCDD technical program manager for Unmanned Systems. “The idea is a mission package that could slide into the CUSV modular mission bay and provide a direct and indirect fire capability.”

The Navy and Textron Systems plan to prove the developmental concept that combines direct and indirect fire capability with a gunfire demonstration later this year, followed by a live missile shoot in 2019.

“We are creating a modular surface and expeditionary warfare payload with a gun and a missile weapon system to be evaluated for integration onto the common unmanned surface vehicle,” said Kevin Green, NSWCDD technical lead for Ship-to-Shore Precision Engagement Integration and Prototype. “This payload could enable warfighters to counter fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft and it could provide ship-to-shore fire support for expeditionary and special operations forces. It also gives us a baseline development effort to operate and perform further research and development.”

Meanwhile, Nerney, Green and their Textron Systems collaborators are envisioning how new payloads in the CUSV mission bay could benefit warfighters in various missions from maritime interdiction and special operations to surface warfare encounters that include engaging fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft as well as other threats.

Sursa: navsea.navy.mil

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