Textron Systems Wins $42M Unmanned Influence Sweep System USV Support Contract

The Pentagon today awarded Textron Systems nearly $42 million to support the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) project.

The contract covers provision of engineering and technical support, incidental materials and travel for the USV program.

Work is expected to be completed by April 2023.

Designed for the littoral combat ship (LCS) as part of the mine countermeasures mission package, the UISS consists of a mine countermeasures USV and a towed minesweeping payload for influence sweeping of magnetic, acoustic and magnetic/acoustic combination mine types. UISS can also be launched from vessels of opportunity or from shore.

Textron Systems was awarded an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract in October 2014 for the UISS, based on its Common USV.