Navy’s Knifefish Unmanned Mine Hunter Passes Sea Acceptance Testing
By: Ben Werner
June 5, 2018 4:40 PM
The Navy’s Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle, a key component of the Littoral Combat Ship’s mine-hunting capability, successfully completed sea acceptance testing off the coast of Massachusetts.
The Knifefish, built by General Dynamics and based on the Bluefin Robotics Bluefin-21 deep-water Autonomous Undersea Vehicle, is a self-propelled, untethered vehicle designed to hunt for mines without requiring an LCS or other manned ship to enter a minefield.
By successfully completing the sea acceptance testing, the program now moves to the next phase of development – developmental test and operational assessment – according to General Dynamics.
https://news.usni.org/2018/06/05/navys-knifefish-unmanned-mine-hunter-passes-key-test
