A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) subsidiary has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Korean shipbuilding giant Hanjin Heavy Industries. Under the agreement, Huntington Ingalls subsidiary AMSEC and Hanjin Heavy Industries and
Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply power and propulsion systems for the two latest Lockheed Martin design vessels in the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Designed to operate in
ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in the cruise giant’s fleet, cutting costs
New fuel-saving and energy-efficient propulsion opportunities are available from the MAN Alpha propeller program, which now fully integrates the Kappel tip fin propeller blade designs for both controllable pitch propellers and fixed
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $9.98 million in grants to 15 small shipyards under the U.S Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Small Shipyard Grants Program. “In cities and towns across America, shipyards
ABB is to provide an energy management system for an environmentally-friendly cruise ferry. The LNG-fueled vessel is to be delivered to Viking Line in 2013. It is being built at STX Finland’s
The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has awarded funding for five new research and development projects to continue the program’s mission to reduce the costs associated with
ABB says that modifications to the design of its Azipod podded propulsion system have improved hydrodynamic efficiency by more than 2 percent The modifications include a newly optimized Azipod fin shape and
Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services Inc. (SGSI) and Segovia, Inc. have been awarded a contract worth a potential $315 million for Military Sealift Command’s Next Generation Wideband (NGW) commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM)
The National Shipbuilding Research Program Executive Control Board has selected 15 new research and development projects to receive awards totaling approximately $1.4 million. A brief description of each newly awarded project follows:
