Barracuda swims toward June preliminary design review

By Jason Sherman / April 25, 2019 at 2:37 PM
The Navy is readying the Barracuda mine neutralizer for a preliminary design review in June, advancing development of a next-generation capability that is slated to be part of a new unmanned and autonomous technology package to clear contested waters for aircraft carrier strike groups and other surface combatants, executing in hours tasks that now can take weeks. Capt. Danielle George, mine warfare program manager (PMS 495), said the service is preparing for a technical review of the Barracuda program to...

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