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Navy Awards Austal, Bath Iron Works And Bollinger Shipyards JHSV Design Contracts

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

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By Geoff Fein The Navy last night awarded three, $3 million, phase one firm fixed price contracts to develop a preliminary design for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV). The winning bids were Mobile, Ala.-based Austal USA, General Dynamics' [GD] Bath Iron Works, Brunswick, Maine; and Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La. NAVSEA received multiple bids for the design contract. However, it's not known how many shipyards competed to build the inter-theater transport for the Army and Navy. Maersk Line, Ltd., did…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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