Textron Systems to Support Software & Payload Development for Navy’s MCM USV

Textron Systems Corporation has received a Software Support Activity (SSA) and Payload Integration contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), valued at up to $100 million over a three-year period of performance.

Under this contract, Textron Systems will support software development updates for the Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), as well as payload integration, testing, and demonstrations on potential future MCM mission packages. 

These include the Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS) system and Mine Neutralization payloads, as well as non-MCM packages such as various surface warfare (SuW), anti-submarine (ASW), intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and other capabilities.

Textron Systems was awarded the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) contract in 2014 to design and develop the MCM Mission Package, which includes the craft, mine sweep, and mine hunt systems. As the original designer, developer, and manager of the MCM USV software, Textron Systems is ideally positioned to upgrade the highly specialized software on the craft.

Textron Systems is the originator of the CUSV® craft – the Common Uncrewed Surface Vehicle – which was successfully adapted to become the Navy’s first USV program of record. With thousands of operational hours, Textron Systems currently leverages its experience as a leading systems integrator of critical new multi-mission payload capabilities for naval USVs.

David Phillips, Senior Vice President, Air, Land and Sea Systems, stated, “Our expertise lies in knowing how to design, integrate, field and support uncrewed systems. Supporting the software development of MCM USV craft allows us to apply that expertise to further the Navy’s missions.”