Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures Community Advancing Technology, Tactics for High-End Fight
The Navy has spent the last year or so focused on defining what a new era of high-end, modern warfare…
Navy Releases RFP for Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
The Navy this week released a request for proposals for a Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) that is meant to…
Navy EOD Technology Evolving as 2 UUV Programs Prepare to Merge
This post has been updated to correct that the Razorback UUV is meant to be operated from a submarine. It…
Navy EOD Modernizing Tactics, Training Models to Adjust to the New Maritime Fight
THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community is modernizing the way it mans, trains and equips its…
ExMCM Companies, LCS Mission Package Will Both Contribute to New Mine Countermeasures Triad
The Navy had previously meant to replace its legacy mine countermeasures triad of helicopters, wooden-hull ships and divers with a…
VIDEO: Navy Brings Mine Countermeasures Triad Together for Experiment Aboard British Ship
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, ABOARD RFA MOUNTS BAY – The Navy’s mine countermeasures community brought all three legs of its triad…
USNI News Video: Expeditionary Minehunting Units Growing in Size, Capabilities
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy is investing in its explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) force, doubling the number of unmanned…
Navy Thinking Beyond Littoral Combat Ship for Future Mine Warfare
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is moving to further divorce mine warfare capabilities from specific platforms, going even beyond the…
Navy Developing New Mine Countermeasures USV for Littoral Combat Ships
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Last week Naval Sea Systems Command won Pentagon approval to develop a mine countermeasure unmanned surface vehicle…
Mine Countermeasures Evolving Towards Mix-And-Match Capabilities, Personnel
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy is trending towards a mix-and-match set of people, platforms and sensors to detect and destroy mines,…