Overview
- The RIMES solicitation seeks a UAS with a one-way range of 1,400 nautical miles or a 600 nm radius while carrying 1,000-pound-class munitions.
- Systems must launch and recover with minimal infrastructure to operate from destroyers and other warships lacking large flight decks.
- Responses are due Feb. 27, with solutions expected to be ready for significant physical prototyping within 12 months of award.
- DIU calls for cost-effective designs featuring mission autonomy for contested environments, open systems architecture, and viability through survivability or attritability.
- The effort complements ongoing Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps CCA programs involving Anduril, Boeing, General Atomics, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Kratos.