US Navy awards Oceaneering $38.2M sole-source order for TETRA II

What's the deal? The US Navy has awarded Oceaneering InternationalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → a $38.2 million sole-source task order to keep developing and building the TETRA II torpedo-tube-launched and recovered system. The Navy did not open the follow-on work to other bidders, saying that switching contractors would delay a planned submarine deployment by about a year, citing NAVSEA-approved design elements and proprietary hardware.

Why it matters: TETRA II is designed to launch and recover uncrewed underwater vehicles from submarine torpedo tubes, giving boats a way to deploy and retrieve UUVs without surfacing. The order extends Oceaneering's long-running role in submarine-launched uncrewed systems and highlights how closely US submarine deployment schedules now depend on UUV launch and recovery capability.

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