Knifefish SMCM UUV Design Review Completed16/07/2012 |
| Bluefin Robotics, USA, has completed the Preliminary Design Review for Knifefish, the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV). In November of 2011, Bluefin announced a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS) for the engineering and manufacturing of Knifefish, which is a specialised Bluefin-21 UUV. A scale model of the design was revealed at the Sea-Air-Space conference in Maryland in April 2012. |
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Knifefish will be a critical part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Warfare mission package and will provide the fleet mine warfare commander and sailors with an enhanced mine-hunting capability by addressing the Navy's need to reliably detect and identify proud and buried mines in high-clutter environments.
The SMCM UUV System will include two Knifefish UUVs in addition to launch and recovery equipment, a support container, spare parts and support equipment. The UUV will feature Bluefin's field-swappable batteries, an integrated navigation system and low-noise propulsion technology. Bluefin's intuitive user software interface, the Operator Tool Suite, will also be provided for mission planning and monitoring. The vehicle is to carry an advanced sonar payload provided by the GDAIS Team.
The subcontract includes an option for the production of up to five low-rate initial production systems (ten UUVs) and various other options. Work will be performed in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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