Common Unmanned Surface Vessel Ushers in New Era of Naval Mine Countermeasure Operations
Two Unmanned Surface Vessels Demonstrated Mine Warfare Detect-to-Engage Sequence during U.S. Navy’s Trident Warrior 2012 ExperimentAUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2012, LAS VEGAS — August 6, 2012 — Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its Fleet-class Common Unmanned Surface Vessels (CUSV) successfully demonstrated the ability to conduct collaborative unmanned mine-hunting and mine-neutralization operations during the Trident Warrior 2012 U.S. Navy Fleet Experiment, July 9–20, at Marine Corps