General Dynamics Mission Systems

General Dynamics Mission Systems runs an engineering facility in Quincy that designs, develops and tests autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles. The site is home to the Bluefin Robotics product family, used by defense, commercial and scientific customers worldwide. These vehicles extend the U.S. Navy’s underwater reach while keeping sailors out of harm’s way, and the same platforms serve commercial and scientific customers.

The Quincy team traces its roots to one of the first developers and manufacturers of unmanned underwater vehicles. Bluefin vehicles are modular and free-flooded, recognizable by their blue ducted thrusters, and the product family includes more than 70 different sensors on more than 100 vehicles. Recent work includes supplying Bluefin-9 and Bluefin-12 lightweight vehicles to Thales for the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1778 mine-hunting program.

What to Know

• General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of the aerospace and defense company General Dynamics.
• The Quincy site recruits engineers and offers some remote and hybrid roles.
• The SEA 1778 vehicles search for, classify and identify sea mines.
• The facility is a member of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce.