Austal Team
Trimaran LCS Design
(click to enlarge)Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy's idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet. Inspired by successful
Warships get a lot of attention, but without resupply, an impressive-looking fleet becomes a hollow force. The US Navy's supply and support fleet has been aging, and needed new vessels. T-AKE is part of that effort, and the ships have also found
The US Marine Corps recently decided to retire the first two of its new ESB (Expeditionary Mobile Base) ships because these two smaller ESD variants were built mainly to test the ESB concept, which proved to be a success The improved ESB design was ev
General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded $1.4 billion contract modifications for the construction of a sixth Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB 8) and two additional John Lewis-class fleet oilers (T-AO.
The prime has been tapped to construct three additional vessels for the US Navy. General Dynamics NASSCO has secured a US$1.4 billion (AU$2 billion) US Navy contract modification to construct a sixth