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SUUVJuly 7, 2026Source: Naval News

U.S. Navy Boosts Lionfish UUV Production with New HII Contract Option

HII has been awarded an option year production contract for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation program of record, the Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV). Lionfish is based on HII’s commercial REMUS 300 platform, originally develo…

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