La. unmanned surface vehicle I&T

On-water testing is underway for the fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) in support of the Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program, according to Textron Systems Unmanned Systems. Textron Systems completed the design, build and component test phases of UISS in November. Following component testing, Textron began systems level integration and test (I&T) phase, culminating in dockside and on-water testing in Lake Pontchartrain near its Marine & Land Systems facility in Louisiana. Textron Systems is tp move into builders' trials upon completion of I&T and then formal testing to validate functionality with the Navy later in 2017. (Source: Maritime Global 01/12/17)