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Submarines Second Barracuda
passes milestone Te first hull section of Duguay-Trouin, the second Barracuda type nuclear-powered attack submarine for the French Navy, recently leſt the prefabrica- tion hall at DCNS’s Cherbourg facility. This first production milestone was passed on schedule. Te Barracuda programme, led by the French defence procurement agency (DGA), calls for delivery of six submarines between 2017 and 2028. Te hull section measures approximately 9m in
diameter by 4m in length and weighs 40 tonnes. Section number 7 will form part of the aſt half of the hull, immediately behind the nuclear reactor compartment and will eventually accommodate the block containing the electrical distribution plant. Fabrication of the remaining hull elements for
Duguay-Trouin – 20 other hull sections and four interface pieces – will follow in the next few months. Construction of Suffren, the first of the new class of
submarines, remains on schedule. Joining of the hull sections at the assembly facility is moving forward at a brisk pace, with the first equipment integration phases set to begin in the next few months.
boats for the Indonesian National Police is already well underway, as part of support from the Gillard Govern- ment to help tackle people smuggling in the region. “Te patrol boats are worth almost A$5 million
and will help the Indonesian National Police respond to and deter people smuggling in the region,” Mr O’Connor said. “Tese high-speed patrol boats will be based at strate-
gic locations across Indonesia as an active force in the ongoing fight against people smuggling,” he added. Te vessels, expected to be delivered by June 2011,
are designed specifically for the conditions in Indonesia. Contracts & tenders
US Navy awards
LCS contract Te US Navy has awarded a fixed-price incentive contract for the construction of a fourth Independ- ence class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 8) to Austal. Te contract is valued at US$368.6 million. Tis is the second ship awarded under Austal’s
recently announced US Navy contract for construc- tion of up to an additional 10 LCS to be appropriated in the following five years, with a total value in excess of US$3.5 billion. Once commissioned, the 10 ships will join the Austal-built USS Independence (LCS 2) which was commissioned in January 2010. Te 10-ship contract will require Austal to more than
double its US workforce to approximately 3800 employ- ees in order to fulfil the contracts currently awarded. Construction of LCS 8 will commence in January
2012 at Austal’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Equipment & technology
The first hull section of Duguay-Trouin, the second Barracuda type nuclear-powered attack submarine.
Northrop Grumman to supply CVF bridge suite
Patrol vessels Strategic Marine to
build patrol vessels Western Australian shipbuilding company Strate- gic Marine has been contracted to build high-speed patrol vessels for the Australian Federal Police. Te three 16m vessels have been contracted on behalf of the Indonesian authorities. Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs Brendan
O’Connor said construction of three high-speed patrol 6
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit has signed a production contract for the Integrated Navigation Bridge System (INBS) for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Queen Elizabeth class aircraſt carrier programme. Te company also signed a design phase contract for the Navigation Lights, Shapes and Sounds (NLSS). Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine will build and
deliver the complete INBS, including electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS-N [UK]) for the new aircraſt carriers. The system will include navigation planning,
electronic charts and radar displays, as well as a compre- Warship Technology May 2011
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