AEVEX Awarded $41.6M for SightGlass and Fisher Mine Countermeasures Systems Across GARC Fleet and Next-Gen USVs
Key Highlights
- ➤AEVEX awarded $41.6 million in two Navy mine-countermeasure contracts
- ➤SightGlass contract valued at $15.6 million for production and operation
- ➤Fisher contract valued at $26 million for production and operation
- ➤Systems expand capabilities across GARC, Lynx, and Chaser vessels
- ➤AEVEX has delivered 325 GARC vessels and logged 25,000-plus operational hours
Expert Statements
Bob Pudney, Senior Vice President, AEVEX Maritime Systems
“Mines are cheap to deploy but expensive to clear, and the threat is growing”
Bob Pudney, Senior Vice President, AEVEX Maritime Systems
“DIU asked industry to prove it could change that equation, and our team did it on the water, not just on paper. These awards let us put SightGlass and Fisher to work at scale for the warfighter.”
AEVEX Awarded $41.6M for SightGlass and Fisher Mine Countermeasures Systems Across GARC Fleet and Next-Gen USVs
AEVEX Corp. (NYSE: AVEX) announced today that its Maritime Systems division has been awarded two contracts totaling $41.6 million by the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (PAE RAS) for the production, fielding, and operation of the SightGlass and Fisher mine countermeasures (MCM) systems. The systems expand MCM capabilities across the U.S. Navy’s existing Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) fleet and AEVEX’s newer Lynx and next-generation Chaser small unmanned surface vessels (sUSVs).
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