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trials of Groningen were due to be completed by the end of April. In early June the vessel will be transferred to Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for final outfitting.
Friesland has been handed over to the Defence Materiel
Organization. Te first cut was executed according to a design
study launched in November 2011 to tailor the BPC concept to Russian requirements. DCNS and STX also used this opportunity to formally open the office space at the STX shipyard assigned to the Russian team that will work on site throughout the construc- tion programme. Te contract calls for the delivery to Russia of two
landing helicopter docks or LHDs along with associ- ated services including initial logistics, training, and technology transfers. DCNS will act as prime contrac- tor for BPC construction and assume responsibility for the integration of the ship’s operations management and communications systems. STX France will act as the DCNS Group’s subcontractor for shipbuilding. Te first ship is scheduled for delivery in 2014, just
Shipbuilding Navantia and Veercraft
Marine sign MoU Navantia in Spain has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Veercraft Marine, a shipbuilding company in South Africa, under which both parties will collaborate with regard to the construction of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) for the South African Navy under the so-called ‘BIRO’ Project. Te objective is to identify and pursue possible
business opportunities for the construction of OPVs and IPVs for the South African Navy and jointly make the necessary efforts for the award of the BIRO project. Navantia has also announced that, on 6 February
2012 is commissioned Relámpago, the third of a series of four OPVs it is building for the Spanish Navy. Te first two units, Meteoro and Rayo, were commis-
sioned in July and October 2011. Amphibious vessels
DCNS launches LHDs
for Russia DCNS in France recently began construction at the STX shipyard at Saint-Nazaire of the first of two BPC-type vessels ordered by the Russian Federation. Russian and French guests of honour joined DCNS and STX employees for the official ‘first cut’ ceremony. Andrei Petrovitch Vernigora, Acting Director of
Department of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, responsible for monitoring the execution of the military orders of the state, Captain Valeri Pletnev, Naval Attaché with the Russian Federation Embassy in France, and Ivan Goncharenko, First Deputy Managing Director of Russian defence export agency Rosoboro- nexport were among the guests watching as work began.
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three years aſter the contract go-ahead. Te second is scheduled for delivery in 2015. Te first two ships of the type, Mistral and Tonnerre,
were delivered to the French Navy in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Following an order placed by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) in 2009, DCNS and STX France delivered a third vessel, Dixmude, in January 2012, three months ahead of schedule.
Contracts & awards US Navy funds two LCS
Austal USA’s order backlog has grown by US$691 million as a result of two additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract options being exercised by the US Navy. Te contract options fund construction of Gabrielle
Giffords (LCS 10) and Omaha (LCS 12), the third and fourth ships in the 10-ship block buy award made to an Austal-led team in December 2010. That 10-ship programme is potentially worth more than US$3.5 billion. Austal USA now holds confirmed contracts for 14 US
Navy ships. Contracts & awards Fincantieri clinches US
Coast Guard deal Fincantieri has been awarded a contract by the US Coast Guard for the construction of 40 Response Boats – Medium (RB-M) for delivery in the second quarter of 2013. With an approximate value of US$89.6 million the
new boats are part of a multi-year, US Coast Guard contract for the construction and delivery of up to 250 RB-Ms at a total contract value of up to US$600 million. Tis brings the total number of boats under contract to 166. Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), a Fincantieri company, will act as prime contractor and programme
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