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 Pushing to Maintain 2023 USV Program of Record Timeline
Several Navy program officials and resource sponsors today outlined how they’ll spend the next couple years giving Congress enough confidence…
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…
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…
Navy EOD Exercising In Alaska to Test Unmanned Systems in Frigid Temps
The Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community is looking to leverage nearly two decades of expertise gained in the mountains…
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 Creating Continual Improvement Program for UUVs through OPNAV, Fleet, NAVSEA
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is standing up a continual improvement process for its family of unmanned underwater vehicles, in…
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,…