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Austal USA has secured a potential $57.9M contract to obtain long lead-time materials needed to build a 13th expeditionary fast transport vessel for the U.S. Navy. The company will also provide production engineering services for the shallow-draft EPF 13 watercraft intended to support intra-theater transport of military personnel and cargo, the Defense Department said Thursday. In a separate announcement, […] More

Satellite industry representatives gathered at the SMM Hamburg maritime conference in Germany last month to discuss global communications services for use with autonomous marine vessels, Space News reported Thursday. Gerbrand Schalkwijk, deputy president at Inmarsat‘s maritime business, said that customers are looking to have remote engine monitoring, IT support and electronic chart update functions in […] More

The Defense Department plans to host an event on Nov. 28 to gather ideas and identify potential industry partners for artificial intelligence software prototyping efforts. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the 2nd Annual DoD AI Industry Day will cover the training data, algorithms, integration, infrastructure and testing areas. The department looks to standardize, cleanse, prepare […] More

David Maune, an associate vice president and senior project manager of the geospatial group at Dewberry, has been reappointed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s hydrographic services review panel. He will serve for an additional four years on the group that offers advice to the agency on coastal resilience and navigational safety matters, Dewberry said […] More

McKean Defense has secured two contracts worth up to $70M combined from the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division to support certain U.S. Navy and U.S. Army ships. The company said Wednesday it will engineer and provide technical services for electrical power and generation systems on Navy surface ships, submarines and assault aircraft under a $41M contract. […] More