Navy to jettison charts, use electronic navigation

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The US Navy is planning to sail ships on tracks plotted on electronic screens, in an Electronic Chart Display and Information System-Navy (ECDIS-N), built by Northrop Grumman Corp. unit Sperry Marine. Navy officials revealed that the sea service plans to place ECDIS on all ships and boats by 2009 depending on the funding provided in budgets as estimated cost is $250,000 per ship for installation costs, plus about $1 million for the purchase price.

Engineering Services, Engineering for Ships & Boats, Technology application, Naval vessels, Marine engineering, Warships

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CNO Clark sees LCS fleet of 75-100 ships

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Seventy-five to hundred vessels of the fleet of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) grow rather than the 50 to 60 that were expected. The US Navy would not have to give up planned systems or capabilities the way the Navy might have to in order to cut costs of other new classes of vessels but would get those ships for the agreed upon price of $220 million per LCS.

Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Armored military vehicles, Armored vehicles, Military, Company pricing policy, Clark, Vern, Armoured military vehicles

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Navy Brass: CG(X), Global Hawk or Predator, needed

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The Navy may build the next generation CG(X) cruiser much sooner than the 2018 goal listed in current planning estimates, according to top ranked Navy Leaders. The Navy and Marine Corps need unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Northrop Grumman Corp. Global Hawk or the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator, both in use by the Air Force.

Ship Building and Repairing, Cruisers, Usage, Cruisers (Warships), Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Battle cruisers

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