General Dynamics Advanced Informational Systems Inc., McLeansville, North Carolina, has been awarded a $48,606,916 contract with cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and firm-fixed-price line items for the engineering, manufacturing, and development of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV), which will be part of the Littoral Combat Ship MCM mission package. The SMCM UUV system will provide the fleet mine warfare commander with enhanced mine-hunting capability and address the Navy's need to reliably detect and identify undersea volume and bottom mines in high-clutter environments and areas with potential for mine case burial.
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