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at Quincy and Taunton enable us to deliver exceptional speed- to-market and the capacity required to meet the scale of to- morrow’s needs. As we look forward, we are still pushing the envelope. General Dynamics Mission Systems continues to make substantial investments in this vital class of technology.”

According to Dr. Laura Hooks, General Dynamics Mission

Systems vice president and general manager for maritime and strategic systems, the pace of unmanned systems development has steadily increased over the last decade and is approach- ing a pivotal in? ection point that will see unmanned maritime systems integrated across naval operations—in the air, on the surface and undersea. “The development of autonomous capabilities, networks and major platforms that support distributed unmanned assets, and common processes and policy that underlie their adoption and operation, will allow unmanned systems to serve as the necessary force multiplier our nation needs to face its current threats,” she said. “UUVs represent the necessary extension

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