DD 21 Blue Team reveals details of Zumwalt design

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Some specific details of the proposed Zumwalt-class DD 21 land-attack attack destroyer program were announced by the DD 21 Blue Team led by General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works.

Destroyers, Product information, Design and construction, Defense industry, Destroyers (Warships), Shipbuilding industry

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Navy eyes $1 billion support ships to supply carrier strike groups

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The U.S. Navy plans to purchase four new class of fast combat support ships (T-AOEs) ships by 2009 designed as a sea-basing asset and to sustain the combat effectiveness of the next-generation aircraft carrier. The design criteria for the T-AOE(X) would include the Navy's new Fleet Response Plan, which requires that the service be able to surge six carrier strike groups in 30 days and two more in 90 days.

Contracts & orders received, Facilities & equipment, Aircraft Carriers, Contracts & orders let, Equipment and supplies, Contracts, Contract agreement, Armored military vehicles, Armored vehicles, Military, Armoured military vehicles

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In the shallows

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A US Navy and Army are developing a joint high-speed transport vessel (JHSV) able to deliver troops and material through shallow waters to degraded ports, providing capability the nation's combat commanders. The JHSV is planned as a connector vessel for the Pentagon's sea basing concept to use ships at 25 miles offshore as staging areas for troops and material, thereby reducing reliance on access to foreign ports.

Alliances, partnerships, Dept of the Army, Troop Transport Vessels, Product development, United States. Army, Cooperative agreement for product development, Alliances and partnerships, Troop transports (Naval vessels)

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