(Editor's Note: Subsequent to publication, the Defense Department announced the Navy had awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a $44.6 million low-rate initial production contract for the Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle.) The Navy today announced a medium-sized, unmanned undersea vehicle program developed to hunt mines has cleared the milestone C acquisition hurdle, paving the way for a low-rate initial production contract to be made to prime contractor General Dynamics Mission Systems. "Formal developmental testing and an operational assessment were conducted...
