A Chilean survey ship, ARC Cabo de Hornos,
which was scheduled to be launched on the day of the earthquake, is reported to have been badly damaged and there are reports the new coast guard cutter Pilato Pardo also ran aground. Te Icelandic offshore patrol vessel Tor, which was fitting out at Asmar, is reported to have been severely damaged by the tsunami and may be a constructive total loss.
designed to meet surface fire support requirements. Te 155mm magazine gives the AGS a fully automated ammunition handling system that eliminates the need for manual handling of ammunition. Te magazine organises and processes up to 38 pallets
that each weigh 6000lb and hold eight 230lb, precision- guided Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) and eight propellant charges. Te LRLAPs can be fed into the AGS at rates of up to 10 rounds per minute to provide sustained long-range precision fire support. Tis first 155mm AGS magazine completed Factory
Acceptance Tests in Cordova, Alabama, in March. It arrived in Bath, Maine, in May and will be installed on the USS Zumwalt – the lead DDG 1000 ship – and later integrated with the first production AGS gun mount, which is currently undergoing testing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Te largest fully automated magazine in the world,
The submarine ARC Simpson (shown here) and the submarine ARC Shyri were both in dry-dock undergoing refits at the time of the quake.
Patrol boats First Iraqi patrol
boat delivered Te first of 15 patrol boats for the Iraqi Navy was delivered in Morgan City, Louisiana, on 20 May 2010. Te 35m P-301, built by Swiſtships in Morgan City, will join a naval squadron of 55 vessels. Te first patrol boat crews are training in Morgan
City, using a mixture of classroom, practical simula- tor training, and hands-on exercises to learn how to operate their equipment. More patrol boats were due to begin arriving in Iraq in July.
Weapon systems Hardware for AGS
delivered BAE Systems, along with partner General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, recently delivered the first automated magazine for the 155mm Advanced Gun System (AGS) being developed for the US Navy’s DDG 1000 (Zumwalt) destroyer programme. Te magazine is the first major production component
to be delivered under the AGS programme. It is one of a total of four magazines that will be built under a US Navy contract to produce four AGS weapon systems for the US Navy’s first two Zumwalt class destroyers. Te AGS is a long-range precision gun system
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each AGS magazine is approximately 45ſt long, 30ſt wide, and weighs 160tonnes. Te gun is able to fire the LRLAP to ranges of more than 60nm.
Shipbuilding BAE to acquire
Atlantic Marine BAE Systems has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atlantic Marine Holding Company (Atlantic Marine) from JFL-AMH Partners LLC a portfolio company of the private equity firm J F Lehman & Company, for a cash consideration of US$352 million. Atlantic Marine is a privately held vessel mainte-
nance, repair, overhaul and conversion and ship construction services provider with operations at Mayport and Jacksonville, Florida; Moss Point, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama. Te acquisition does not include Atlantic Marine’s
Boston and Philadelphia operations, which will be retained by JFL-AMH Partners, LLC. Te acquisition will be funded from BAE Systems’ existing cash resources. “BAE Systems’ strategy for our ship repair business
is successfully growing marine sustainment activities in surface ship repair, as well as migrating our capabilities into naval modernisation and upgrade. Te acquisition of Atlantic Marine’s operations, highly skilled workforce, and marine fabrication capabilities will enhance BAE Systems’ ability to serve customers in the naval support and upgrade sector,” said Linda Hudson, President and Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems Inc. Atlantic Marine employs approximately 1000 people
and will become part of BAE Systems’ Ship Repair business. Te acquisition will complement BAE Systems’ existing ship repair and upgrade capabilities to further serve the US Navy and other maritime customers.
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