The MH-60S will utilize the BAE Systems Archerfish remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to seek out and destroy naval mines from the air.
Selected as a concept in 2003 by the Navy as part of the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) program and developed since 2007, the Archerfish is dropped into the water from its launch cradle, where its human operator remotely guides it down towards the mine using a fiber optics communications cable that leads back up to the helicopter. Using sonar and low-light video, it locates the mine, and is then instructed to shoot a shaped charge explosive to detonate it.
BAE was awarded a contract to build and deliver the ROVs in April 2016.
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Navy Creating Second UUV Development Squadron, Re-making First
The Navy is in the process of creating a second unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) developmental squadron while the first one will be made into a major command, a top official said Wednesday.
“We have a ton of UUVs that are out there doing real world mission, and we’re continuing to take the next step in reorganizing the fleet, to bring unmanned to fleet scale,” Vice Adm. Chas Richard, commander of Submarine Forces and Submarine Forces Atlantic, said at the annual Naval Submarine League Symposium in Arlington, Va.
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