Aluminum Chambered Boats Inc News

Aluminum Chambered Boats, Inc., Bellingham Wash., is being awarded a $12,824,070 firm-fixed-priced order no. M67854-08-F-5038 under GSA contract no. GS-07-F-0133M for 42 bridge erection boats, 42 trailers, 42 technical manuals, and 42 warranties. Work will be performed in Bellingham Wash., and work is expected to be completed Jul. 2009.  Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competed on GSA. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Larry Wieber's Aluminum Chambered Boats Inc. (ACB) has maintained a low profile during its first four years of operation. With a growing demand for security craft, and ACB's stellar performances in front of government buyers, his company's success is now Bellingham, Washington's worst kept secret. Personal sacrifice and pain often accompany success. Larry Wieber never knew the pain part would be literal, not figurative. In the process of helping a television production company prepare a story on his unique craft before bad weather stopped filming, Wieber badly crushed one of his fingers while rolling one of his boats off its trailer.

In considering activities in the U.S. maritime industry for the short and long term, it is unwise to start the conversation without a mention of the patrol and defense needs of the country in the mounting effort to secure nearly 95,000 miles of coastline. As plans emerge during the coming weeks, months and years, the only certainty is increased funding for a variety of ships, boats and marine-borne electronic surveillance systems geared toward meeting and defeating enemy attacks, both large and small. An embodiment of the push for new technology is embodied in the activities of companies such as Larry Wieber's Aluminum Chambered Boats Inc. (ACB) in Bellingham, Wash.

Grumman Corporation in partnership with Aluminum Chambered Boats, Inc. (ACB), "splashed" into Bellingham Bay in Washington recently, initiating its in-water evaluation. The Riverine experimental boat -- named Joint Multimission Expeditionary Craft -- integrates Northrop Grumman's leading-edge navigation, surveillance, network and command and control systems into an innovative, tactical-class hull form designed and built by ACB. ACB's design is 41 ft. draft of only 28 inches. has a top speed of 48 miles per hour. streams. warfare mission systems for the boat. station functions. and maneuver warfare. enable distributed and networked operations. security. and Tactical Systems for Northrop Grumman. at the Multi-agency Craft Conference, June 5-7 in Little Creek, Va.

Grumman Corporation and Aluminum Chambered Boats, Inc. requirements and capabilities for the U.S. Riverine/Coastal Warfare program. ACB-designed riverine-class hullform. emerging Riverine/Coastal Warfare program requirement. the U.S. architecture. situational awareness and vastly improved survivability. maneuverable, fast and stable. and control architecture. coastal and inland waterway operations. seeking similar capabilities. part of the U.S.

According to a report in the Bellingham Herald, Aluminum Chambered Boats Inc. (ACB) will build 62 boats for the U.S. Marine Corps, a contract worth a reported $20 million. The 62 boats are in addition to the four craft the company has already sold to the Marines. Once those boats successfully completed testing and trials, the Marines closed the deal on the bigger contract. The 24-ft. boats are built with a series of sealed aluminum chambers, designed to resist sinking even if several chambers are punctured.