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Textron Marine Awarded

Five-Boat Contract

By U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard's 47-foot motor lifeboat has a maximum operating speed of 28 knots and an associated range of 220 nautical miles. The hull is lightweight yet strong enough to withstand hurricane force winds and 20-foot breaking waves.

The boat has the capability of a complete rollover and can self-right in 30 seconds or less.

Textron Marine Systems recently announced that it was awarded a $5.2 million contract by the U.S.

Coast Guard for construction of five preproduction motor lifeboats.

These motor lifeboats are 47 feet in length and have self-righting char- acteristics that enable rescue opera- tions in extremely heavy sea states.

During the recently completed suc- cessful testing of the prototype craft, which was designed and constructed at Textron Marine Systems, the full capabilities of the craft were demon- strated on two separate occasions when survivors were rescued under extreme weather conditions. With an average of over 20 rescue mis- sionsadaytotheU.S. CoastGuard's credit, the addition of this craft will be comforting for those at sea.

Following construction of the five craft, the U.S. Coast Guard will en- ter into full production of 70 to 100 boats with associated revenues ex- ceeding $100 million over the life of the program. John J. Kelly, presi- dent of Textron Marine Systems, stated that this award and subse- quent production awards provide further stability for the company and added diversity to the product line.

Textron Marine Systems is an industry leader in ship design and construction and the U.S. Navy's developer for the Landing Craft, Air

Cushion (LCAC).

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G.E. Aircraft Awarded $6.8 Million Contract

G.E. Aircraft Engines, Marine &

Industrial Engine Div., Cincinnati,

Ohio, has been awarded a $6.8 mil- lion contract for two gas generators and associated equipment, and two power turbines and associated equip- ment as spares for Spanish and Por- tuguese frigates. The contract was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C. (N00024-92-C-4070).

January, 1992

New Kvaerner Fjellstrand

Yard Opens In Singapore

The new Singapore yard of

Kvaerner Fjellstrand, established by

Norway's Kvaerner group to build high-speed catamarans, was re- cently inaugurated.

Built at a cost of $16.1 million, the yard will produce some of the first-class fast craft designed by

Kvaerner Fjellstrand of Norway, one of the world's leading producers of high-speed vessels.

Models include the 40-meter (about 131 feet) Fast Cat—a modi- fied version of the highly successful 38.3-meter (about 127 feet) Ad- vanced Slender Catamaran—and the newer 40-meter Flying Cat, which recently won a Norwegian design award.

The new 15,000-square-meter yard will have a capacity of six ves- sels a year, which could be increased to 10.

Kvaerner Fjellstrand Singapore has already secured two orders, from

Malaysia and Indonesia, which ac- cording to the president of the yard would have been difficult to obtain without a presence in the region.

The new yard has been estab- lished in just over a year. A number of the 180 people who make up the work force have already completed long training programs at Kvaerner

Fjellstrand's Omastrand yard in western Norway.

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