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.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2185327/posts?page=17#17
interesting sidebar, regarding Caterpillar:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2184347/posts?page=13#13
Perhaps there is merit in these suspicions. But I think Collins and Snowe are just basically RINO’s in every respect from day one.