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THE PENTAGON – Fincantieri Marinette Marine will officially start building the first Constellation-class frigate at its yard in Marinette, Wis., today.
The start of fabrication comes nearly two and a half years after the Navy issued Fincantieri the detail design and construction award for the first frigate in April 2020.
After finishing the critical design review in May and the production readiness review in July, the Navy...
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The largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the U.S., Arlington, Va., headquartered Gibbs & Cox Inc., has been awarded a $29.5 million contract that could be worth almost $319 million if all options are exercised.
Awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., the contract is for supporting surface combatant ship design and engineering efforts for the Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Force, primarily in support of the DDG(X) program, as well as other...
Defense contractor Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire U.S.-based naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox for $380 million in cash. The acquisition was revealed this week…
The DLBA division of Gibbs & Cox announced that it will be supporting DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) on its revolutionary No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) Program.
The program will design, build, and field test an unmanned surface ship that can operate autonomously for long durations at sea with no human interventions or underway maintenance. DLBA was selected by DARPA to explore the trade space for clean-sheet vessel designs developed without any provision for crew on board. The...
Gibbs & Cox Inc., an Arlington, Va.-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, announced yesterday the expansion of services into the Houston area. The virtual office will be led by Todd Carrico, a leading innovator in naval and offshore marine engineering technologies, the company said.
In anticipation of a continued presence in Houston, Gibbs & Cox plans to open a physical location once the Covid-19 pandemic recovery is underway. In the near term, the office will continue to be...
https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/gibbs-cox-opens-houston-location/
Gibbs & Cox Inc., Arlington, Va., announced yesterday that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had awarded the company a multi-phase contract to develop and demonstrate a connectorless sea train concept. DARPA has exercised the base development phase for $9.45 million
Gibbs & Cox will leverage its capabilities to integrate advancements in integrated system design, robotic controls, autonomy, and hydrodynamic optimization. This new technical approach, coined by Gibbs & Cox as...
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded six companies contracts totaling $41,985,112 for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel.
Each contract includes an option for engineering support. If all options were exercised, the cumulative value for all awards would be $59,476,146
The companies awarded the contracts and the award amounts are as follows:
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. – $7,000,000
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md. – $6,999,978
Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC,...
Halter Marine Inc. has been awarded a $981,000 contract for industrial studies for the Navy’s auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (T-AGOS(X)) program.
The Navy awarded the contract for the T-AGOS-class series of vessels, which ultimately will replace the existing fleet of four T-AGOS 19 and one T-AGOS 23 small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) ships, which are reaching the end of their service lives. The contract is for a 12-month study to perform trade-off studies and analyses of the Navy...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/halter-marine-awarded-navy-contract/