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SeaArk Marine Wins $14M Warfare Boats Deal

SeaArk Marine, Inc. won a two-year, $14-million contract from Naval Sea

Systems Command for 36 Coastal War- fare Boats. The 34-ft. (10.3-m) alu- minum boats are powered by Cummins

Diesel engines with Twin Disc gears and

Konrad stern drives. Designed for coastal patrol and defense, these boats will be deployed to protect military facilities worldwide. Naval Sea Systems

Command (NAVSEA) is the primary purchasing office for U. S. Navy boats and ships, as well as non-combatant craft.

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Kongsberg Simrad and

ABB Team Up

Kongsberg Simrad AS and ABB AS have entered a worldwide cooperation agreement on joint marketing, sales and technology development to marine and offshore vessels. As part of this agree- ment there will be a transfer of ABB's business related to dynamic positioning to Kongsberg Simrad.

The two companies have established themselves as leading international sup- pliers, predominantly with complemen- tary products and systems.

By the co-operation, the two compa- nies aim to take one step ahead, to become the leading vendor of packages of vessel automation, dynamic position- ing, electric power, propulsion, and thruster systems to marine and offshore vessels. These integrated systems will take advantage of the best of technology and marine knowledge from both com- panies. By this agreement both compa- nies will capitalize on ABB's new indus- trial IT technology by a joint develop- ment program on integration of total solutions, enhancing the vessel's perfor- mance, reliability, safety, fuel consump- tion and emission.

Zodiac Debuts Bulletproof

System For CRRC

Zodiac unveiled Armorflate (patent pending), a system it is touted as the world's first bullet-resistant system for

Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC).

The innovative product, undoubtedly created to fulfill the burgeoning need for combat and security craft in the wake of previous terrorist attacks, was unvelied at the 2002 Multi-Agency Craft Confer- ence (MACC), held at Naval Amphibi- ous Base, Little Creek, in Norfolk, Va.

The inflatable Armorflate system made its debut on the Zodiac F470

CRRC inflatable boat, which has a long history of military and special forces operation. The Armorflate system is available with either soft or hard armor protection, made from a bulletproof

July, 2002 material provided by Simula, Inc. "This inflatable bulletproof system will revolutionize the way combat and security missions are conducted on the water," said Rick Scriven, vice presi- dent of Zodiac Professional Products. "Armorflate provides troops with dra- matically increased levels of safety in close combat situations."

The soft armor package can be folded and stored in minimal space and, when needed, can be inflated rapidly (in about 40 seconds) to provide armor protection for CRRC occupants and the boat's inflatable tubes. Hard panels can be inserted in pockets on the inflated soft armor panels to provide upgraded pro- tection.

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