Judge Philip Hadji of the Court of Federal Claims ruled that the Navy improperly excluded from its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel competition, which funds prototype uncrewed boats, and ordered the Navy to re-evaluate the company's proposal.
says the Navy dropped two of its three non-compliance findings after the protest, and that the court rejected the last one as applying criteria not used for other bidders. Until the re-evaluation, the Navy may not commit more than USD 1.5 billion of the program's USD 2.1 billion.
The ruling does not award a contract. The account of the Navy's findings comes from 's press release.
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Not a contract award; the Navy's re-evaluation outcome is open. Details of the Navy's findings come from the company. Date follows the Saildrone release (published 2 Nov); DroneXL, citing the New York Times, says the opinion is dated 3 Nov, so the ruling date is not settled.