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Thales subsidiary wins $53.9 million Navy contract for remote mine-hunting modules

The modules pair mine-detection sonar with AI-augmented software. Options for additional modules could take the contract to approximately $196.2 million.

Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), a U.S.-based Thales subsidiary, won a $53.9 million Navy contract to produce and deliver two Remote Mine Hunting modules and engineering support. Thales announced the award Nov. 2. The award includes options for additional modules that could raise the cumulative contract value to approximately $196.2 million.1

The award includes options for additional modules

Thales subsidiary Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC)

Navy contract$53.9 millionactual

to produce and deliver two integrated Remote Mine Hunting modules and engineering support

total cumulative contract valueapproximately $196.2 millioncontingent

The award includes options for additional modules that could raise total cumulative contract value to approximately $196.2 million

Source: Thales, Nov. 2, 2026

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The module suite includes multiview towed synthetic aperture sonar for mine detection and imaging, plus AI-augmented automatic target recognition software for processing, classifying and mapping mine-hunting data. AAC President Mike Carnovale said the solution helps accelerate the path from detection to action for both manned and unmanned surface vessel platforms.1

Also announced

In a separate development, Breaking Defense reported that Thales and HII announced they had teamed up to deploy the SAMDIS 600 on HII's Remus 620 unmanned underwater vehicle.2

Breaking Defense reported that the first two modules are slated for delivery by October 2029, with potential follow-on modules delivered through 2039 and beyond. The outlet identified the sonar as Thales' SAMDIS 600.2

Sources (2)
  1. Thales: Thales selected to deliver next-generation mine-hunting capability for the U.S. Navy (Nov. 2, 2026) www.thalesgroup.com
  2. Breaking Defense: Thales subsidiary lands US Navy contract for remote mine hunting modules (Nov. 3, 2026) breakingdefense.com
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Contracts · Shipbuilding

HII gets $99 million Navy modification for Zumwalt destroyer sea trials

The Navy modification adds sea trials to Ingalls' work on the Zumwalt-class destroyer, which is also receiving Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system integration.

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $99 million Navy contract modification to conduct sea trials for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). HII announced the award Oct. 19, 2026.1

Ingalls receives $99 million modification for DDG 1002 sea trials

Lyndon B. Johnson | Announced contract values in USD

$41.6 millionAugust 2022 contract to begin combat systems availability
$99 millionOctober 2026 modification to conduct sea trials

These values identify the earlier contract and the sea trials modification, not the ship's total cost.

Source: HII releases, Aug. 29, 2022 and Oct. 19, 2026. As of Oct. 19, 2026.

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The award builds on Ingalls' work to complete installation, activation and testing of the ship's combat systems under the Navy's phased delivery approach.1–2 The destroyer arrived at Ingalls in January 2022 for installation, activation and testing of those systems.1 HII announced in August 2022 that Ingalls had received a $41.6 million cost-incentive-fee contract to begin the combat systems availability.2

The destroyer is also receiving modernization upgrades at Ingalls, including integration of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system. HII describes it as the Navy's second CPS-equipped platform. The Oct. 19 announcement does not specify whether the modification covers CPS integration or give a Navy delivery date.1

Sources (2)
  1. HII, "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Contract Modification for DDG 1002 Sea Trials," Oct. 19, 2026 www.hii.com
  2. HII, "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded DDG 1002 Combat Systems Availability Contract," Aug. 29, 2022 hii.com
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Pentagon says Bath Iron Works can build a second destroyer if Congress funds it

The Navy's fiscal 2027 request included funding for one destroyer, Sen. Susan Collins said in May, when the Navy said it was trying to let the industrial base catch up.

The Department of War said Monday, Oct. 12, that General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works has the capacity and stability to support construction of a second guided-missile destroyer.1–2 Building an additional Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer at the Maine yard is feasible, the department concluded, "should Congress secure the necessary funding."1

Four of Bath Iron Works' 11 contracted destroyers had no metal cut in May

Bath Iron Works' destroyer workload and the Navy's fiscal 2027 request, as stated at a Senate Appropriations hearing on May 21, 2026

OneDDG-51 the fiscal 2027 budget request includes funding for, Sen. Susan Collins said (a request, not enacted)
11destroyers on contract at Bath Iron Works, seven in construction, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said
Fourof those 11 with no metal cut yet, Cao said

On Oct. 12 the Department of War said Bath Iron Works can support a second destroyer "should Congress secure the necessary funding." It named no contract, fiscal year or dollar amount.

Source: Senate Appropriations Committee, May 21, 2026; Department of War, Oct. 12, 2026.

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In May, the Navy's account of Bath centered on its backlog.3 At a hearing on May 21, Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins pressed Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on a fiscal 2027 request that included funding for only one DDG-51.3–4 Cao answered that Bath had 11 destroyers on contract and seven in construction.3 "We haven't even begun to cut metal for the other four yet," he said. "We're trying to allow the industrial base to catch up."3

The department now cites "verifiable performance enhancements" from what it called a multi-phase due diligence review of the yard's production throughput, schedule adherence, quality assurance, supply chain resilience and workforce. Its release gave no figures from that review and named no statute, contract or dollar amount behind the certification.1 Collins, who said she worked with the administration during its review and "repeated visits to BIW," said the decision clears the way for the department to order an additional destroyer there in fiscal 2027.2

Bath is one of two DDG-51 builders, alongside HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.5 In May, Collins called for at least two a year to sustain both yards and their suppliers. Without steady throughput, she said, "what you create is a gap at the steel cutting stage."3

The department made its finding conditional on Congress securing the funding, and Collins tied the order to fiscal 2027.1–2 The final defense appropriations bill for that year will show whether the second ship gets funded. Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg paired the certification with a warning that the yard "must continue this momentum to fully resolve legacy production challenges."1

Sources (5)
  1. Department of War: Department of War Certifies Production Capacity for Second Guided-Missile Destroyer at Maine's Bath Iron Works (Oct. 12, 2026) www.war.gov
  2. Sen. Susan Collins: Senator Collins, Pentagon Announce Second Guided-Missile Destroyer to Be Built at BIW (Oct. 12, 2026) www.collins.senate.gov
  3. Senate Appropriations Committee: Sen. Collins: FY27 Navy Budget Should Include Multiple Destroyers (May 21, 2026) www.appropriations.senate.gov
  4. Senate Appropriations Committee: Hearings www.appropriations.senate.gov
  5. Congressional Research Service: Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress www.congress.gov
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