Snowne and Collins are from Maine ...I believe...and they have the Bath Iron works in their district...watch for contracts going there...actually we need more Navy ships...that could be good...course they are going to be high priced.
Bath Iron Works wins JHSV design contract
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Published: Feb. 15, 2008 at 2:23 AM
BATH, Maine, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Bath Iron Works has won a $3 million U.S. Navy contract to design the Joint High Speed Vessel.
"The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), a $3 million contract to develop a preliminary design for the Joint High Speed Vessel -- JHSV -- Program. Work to be performed during the next six months by Bath Iron Works and its teammate Rolls-Royce includes the functional definition of the ship structure, systems and general arrangements of ship spaces," General Dynamics said in a statement earlier this month.
"The JHSV program is an effort between the U.S. Army and the Navy to acquire vessels for fast intra-theater transportation of troops, military vehicles and equipment," the company said.
"The ship concept proposed by Bath Iron Works and Rolls-Royce is based on a Rolls-Royce design for a roll-on/roll-off passenger vessel. The steel mono-hull design features a combined diesel and gas turbine propulsion plant, water jets, self sustaining roll-on/roll-off and load-on/load-off capabilities, a large cargo area and a flight deck for helicopter operations," General Dynamics said.