BAE Systems secures £87m mine neutraliser contract with US Navy

Posted on 22 Sep 2020 by James Devonshire

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth up to £87m by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers for the US Navy.

This is the fourth consecutive Archerfish contract awarded to BAE Systems since 2003 and will cover deliveries for the next seven years. Archerfish is a remote-controlled underwater mine neutraliser that can be launched and operated from a surface ship, helicopter or an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). A fibre optic data link enables real-time, high resolution, low-light…

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