Advanced underwater vehicle for SOF will be manufactured for first export customer.
Teledyne Brown Engineering has received a $39.21 million contract modification from US Naval Sea Systems Command, to produce Mk11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles for an unnamed FMS customer.
This marks the first export sale of the Mk11.
Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and is expected to be completed by September 2024.
The USN contracted Teledyne Brown in 2019 to develop the SWCS as part of a wider effort to develop new underwater transport platforms for elite commandos.
Shephard Defence Insight notes that the SWCS comprises a next-generation free-flooding combat submersible that transports SEAL teams and other SOF personnel, as well as their combat equipment in hostile waters for a variety of missions.
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Next-generation SEAL MK 11 submersible undergoing training and testing in a pool @USSOCOM
The U.S. Navy has asked Teledyne Brown Engineering to build MK11 shallow water combat submersibles (SWCS) for them.
A contract valued $39.2 million for the same was announced by the U.S. Department of Defense today.
Work is expected to be completed by September 2024.
The SWCS System is a manned combat submersible vehicle specifically designed to insert and extract Special Operations Forces (SOF) in high threat areas. It is a type of swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV). SWCS, designated as Mark 11 SDV, will replace the current Mark 8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV).