US seeks participants for Stiletto trial programme

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The US Navy in 2006 is planning to offer the use of its innovative new trials vessel, M80 Stiletto to international navies and industry as an integration and experimental platform. Stiletto is a new all-carbon composite vessel, low-wake SWATH (small-water-area twin-hull) mutihull layout, known as a 'M-Hull' by San Diego-based designer M Ship, built by Knight & Carver.

Strategy & planning, Ship Building and Repairing, Military Ships, Shipbuilding & Repair, Planning, Innovations, International aspects, Naval vessels, Shipbuilding industry, Company business planning, Warships

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US Navy axes second Lockheed Martin LCS over contract terms

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The U.S. Navy in January 2007 cancelled an order for Lockheed Martin's second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), due to the failure to agree on the balance of cost and risk between the two groups.

Contracts & orders received, Contracts & orders let, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Contracts, Defense industry, Contract agreement, Lockheed Martin Corp., Discharge of contracts, Defence industry, Defence industries

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Naval power projection crucial to Iraq land campaign

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The author examines the role the U.S. Navy played in the war against Iraq. Topics include use of naval ordnance, navy strategy, and methods of naval warfare.

Naval ordnance, Naval art and science, Naval warfare, Naval strategy, Iraq War, 2003-, Ordnance, Naval

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