Navy Delays Key Moves On Remote Minehunting System

By Jason Sherman / August 22, 2014 at 7:09 PM
The Navy is deferring key actions on the Remote Minehunting System until the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 following the delay of a crucial Office of the Secretary of Defense review that was scheduled for May 2014. That review is needed to validate four years of remedial engineering work and win back approval for low-rate production, which was rescinded in 2010 in a bid to halt mushrooming cost growth. Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman Dale Eng said in an...

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