Ship Concept Study Delivered to Navy
Gibbs & Cox, Inc. have delivered their Focused Mission High Speed (FMHS) Ship Concept Study to the United States Navy. The FMHS concept design is the result of a 90-day contract awarded to the Gibbs & Cox, Inc. FMHS Team by the U.S. Navy on November 8, 2002. The results of the study show that the Gibbs & Cox, Inc. FMHS Team design meets or exceeds the general guidance and requirements (top speed, performance in a seaway, signatures, aviation capability, high speed endurance and modularity) within the $220 Million target budget. The Gibbs & Cox FMHS Team design philosophy emphasized the use of state of the art, proven technology to reduce technical and cost risk…
Funds Flow for New Navy Projects
overall effort to define future ship requirements. Ship and other future ship classes. Century and lays the foundation for future warships. defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals. mine-countermeasures, and littoral anti-submarine warfare. Inc., Arlington, Va.; John J. focused-mission, high-speed ship. offers were received. 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304 and 2305 respectively).
Bath Iron Works Wins Contract for Study
Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to explore advanced concepts for a Focused Mission High-Speed Ship. FMHSS is an integrated surface combatant capability envisioned to operate in littoral (coastal) areas against terrorist threats, high-speed swarm boats, mines and diesel submarines. It may also be called upon to carry logistics supplies or personnel and equipment for Special Operations Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps. It will incorporate state-of-the-art materials, modular mission packages, and a reconfigurable platform design to provide the Navy with a highly flexible concept for future littoral operations.
Focused-Mission Ship Concept Studies Contract Awarded
overall effort to define future ship requirements. These studies will further refine the Navy's requirements and knowledge of technology options for the proposed Littoral Combat Ship and other future ship classes. Century and lays the foundation for future warships. defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals. mine-countermeasures, and littoral anti-submarine warfare. Inc., Arlington, Va.; John J. focused-mission, high-speed ship. offers were received. Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
The Littoral Combat Ship: Force Multiplier for the 21st Century
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a new ship design concept being considered to combat emerging threats in the littoral. It will be a relatively small, focused-mission combat ship that will revolutionize the way the U.S. Navy builds and fights ships. LCS, with its high speed, shallow draft, and maneuverability, will be optimized to serve as a force-multiplier for other larger, multi-mission ships. The U.S. Navy in the first years of the 21st century faces a similar problem that confronted naval powers at the turn of the last century. The capital ship then was the Dreadnought. Its mere presence could have an impact on events at sea and ashore.
