SMCT head details Collins 'get well' programme

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Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, the head of the Royal Australian Navy's Submarine Capability Team (SMCT), expects to have two Collins-class submarines at minimum operational capability by the end of 2000. Briggs, who has been tasked with rescuing the troubled submarine program in Jul 1999, believes that the success of the remediation program for all six Collins-class submarine depends on the nation's defense budget allocation.

Defense Programs NEC, National defense

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Brought back from the brink

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The study examines the damage control effort that saved the HMS Nottingham ship, and the subsequent salvage and support operation that Nottingham transported halfway the world for repair. The ship ran aground on a rock off Lord Howe Island some 300mm Northeast of Sydney, Australia.

General services, International Affairs, Military Exercises & Maneuvers, Military Action, Accidents, Maintenance and repair, Ships, Military operations, Military maneuvers

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Going with the current: Navies move inshore and up river

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Navies across the world are increasingly called upon to perform patrol and counter-insurgency operations in coastal waters, estuaries and inland waterways, such as rivers, lakes and canals. The focus on littoral and riverine operations is driving the requirements for improved shallow-draught watercraft that could operate in anticipated threat environments.

United States, Government domestic functions, Public affairs, Dept of the Navy, US Navy, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Social aspects, Social policy, Environmental aspects, Military aspects, Military policy, Defense industry, United States. Navy, Defence industry, Defence industries

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