Low Cost Spiral Wound Hull that Supports Multiple Payloads

This effort will focus on using spiral winding technology to lower the cost of high-quality carbon fiber composite unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) hulls. The contractor shall develop UUV hull designs and components suitable for spiral winding. In the Base effort the contractor shall develop and prototype the first generation spiral wound hulls, associated internal housings, and payload deployment systems to assess the technology maturity. In Option 1, the contractor shall develop and prototype a second-generation hull incorporating lessons learned from the previous work and asses the technology maturity. In Option 2, the contractor shall investigate novel failure modes of the hulls and internal components. In Option 3, the contractor shall develop and prototype an alternative payload deployment system.