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Saturday, August 03, 2013

Special Operations Command looking for next-gen underwater navigation instruments

Doppler velocity logUnderwater navigation experts at U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., are reaching out to industry to find companies able to design a next-generation Doppler velocity log (DVL) navigation instrument for manned and unmanned submarines.

The underwater navigational instrument should be a drop-in replacement of the Broadband DVL-1553 installed in the current generation of Navy underwater vehicles, SOCOM officials say.

SOCOM this week issued a sources-sought notice (Replacement_Doppler_Velocity_Log) to acquire drop-in replacement Doppler velocity log (DVL) with MIL-STD-1553B-2013 using the latest technology.

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