The two variants of the Littoral Combat Ships lack firepower, as their main weapon is a single 57mm automatic gun, more often fitted to fast patrol boats than to frigates, a top U.S
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the next two Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be built in Wisconsin will be named the USS Milwaukee and the USS Detroit. These two ships are part of a dual block buy of LCS class ships announced by Mabus in December 2010
BAE Systems, Specialty Group., is being awarded a maximum $131,430,290 contract for modular lightweight load-carrying equipment items
Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), Fincantieri’s American subsidiary, has been awarded two orders in the USA worth over 130 million dollars: a $73 million contract from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for a Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) and a $63 million contract for 30 boats for the US Coast Guard. The research vessel is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act within the framework of a program to replace outdated vessels with cutting edge ships
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP Ground Systems Division is being awarded an $82,146,792 contract for the purchase of field service representative support for the installation of the independent suspension kits and engineering change proposal kits on the MRAP RG-33 vehicles. Work will be performed at the MRAP sustainment facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and work is expected to be completed by May 2011
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Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation has been awarded two delivery orders to an existing contract with the U.S
Senior Defense Department officials today showcased a more agile, downsized version of the military’s family of super-armored vehicles now arriving in Afghanistan. Because Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain requires a more agile vehicle than the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles used in Iraq, the MRAP vehicle was modified to produce a lighter, all-terrain vehicle known as the M-ATV, said Ashton B
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