Leidos awarded more work for robot warship

Leidos has been awarded an $8.5 million contract modification to continue work on a Navy robot warship.

Leidos is the prime contractor for the ASW (anti-submarine warfare) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, a DARPA effort to create a robotic sub-chaser that can sail thousands of miles under minimal human control.

Under the contract, Leidos will support an extended test phase for ACTUV, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract is scheduled for completion in December 2017.

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