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Austal USA Awarded $44M to Develop Autonomous Version of Spearhead-class EPF
June 9, 2021 6:25 PM
Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departs Naval Base Guam, passing the MSC expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) and marking the start of Pacific Partnership 2019. Navy photo
The builder of the Navy’s Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) has won a $44 million contract to develop an autonomous version of the aluminum catamaran, according to a June 7 Pentagon contract announcement.
The modification to the future USNS
Apalachicola (EPF-13) will allow the 1,500-ton ship the option to operate either autonomously or in a manned configuration, according to a statement from Austal USA.
HII splashes US Navy’s 1st Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer June 9, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
The US Navy’s first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, on June 4.
Photo: US Navy
Specifically, the DDG 51 Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar and incorporates upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability to the fleet.
The Flight III baseline begins with DDGs 125-126 and will continue with DDG 128 and follow on ships.
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