Custom autonomous winches for CUSV mine-countermeasure payloads

MacArtney reports supplying purpose-built autonomous winch systems to Textron Systems for the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle. The May 2018 account names MacArtney Inc. in the engineering and delivery work, while the March 2023 follow-on account describes four additional winches after an improvement program. The supplier says the design addresses severe shock and vibration, corrosion resistance and a high pull-force-to-weight requirement. The 2023 account describes design to MIL standard 901D; the underlying test report and exact delivered configuration were not recovered. This is a specific custom subsystem relationship, not evidence that MacArtney manufactures the CUSV hull or owns Textron’s vehicle program.