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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Allard Candito Baczkowski

VT Halter Wins Phase 1 Design

Contract NOAA Project

VT Halter Marine announced that they have been selected for Phase 1

Preliminary/Contract design for the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) AGOR

Variant (NAV). Initial contract award for VT Halter Marine Phase I is

US$1.465M. If successful with de- tailed design, and best value in Phase

II, the value could amount to an addi- tional estimated US$150M. VT Hal- ter Marine has teamed with Gibbs &

Cox to provide NAVSEA and NOAA a design approach that will deliver ef? cient and multi-mission effective

NOAA AGOR Variant (NAV) Ships. “For this design we are leading a team of experts in the mission systems re- quired for this platform and we have every con? dence that our team will produce the platform to most effec- tively implement NOAA’s current mission and missions of the future.” said Ronald Baczkowski, Chief Ex- ecutive Of? cer of VT Halter Marine.

Marad Announces Small Ship- yard Grant Program Deadlines

Under the Small Shipyard Grant Pro- gram, $19,600,000 is currently avail- able for grants for capital and related improvements to quali? ed shipyard fa- cilities that will be effective in fostering ef? ciency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and recon? guration. Marad also said that it is expected that the aggregate amount of requested funding among all appli- 55 www.marinelink.com MN