National Security Cutter Production Contract Awarded
09 Août 2007 - 11:27PM
PR Newswire (US)
Third Coast Guard cutter moves closer to reality ROSSLYN, Va., Aug.
9 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday announced that
they have awarded a contract to begin production and delivery work
on the third ship of the Legends class of National Security Cutters
(WMSL 752), a new and highly capable high-endurance cutter. This
contract awarded to Integrated Coast Guard Systems, valued at $337
million, initiates the effort to build the third ship of the most
advanced cutter class in the Coast Guard's fleet. "The contract
award for the third National Security Cutter is a significant
milestone for the Coast Guard," said Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore,
assistant commandant for acquisition. "This agreement ensures that
the NSC will meet our demanding, post-9/11 operational
requirements. We are very pleased that the negotiating teams from
the Coast Guard and our industry suppliers were able to derive best
value for the American taxpayer, to bring these vital platforms to
the fleet." "The National Security Cutter team is ready and eager
to begin construction on this ship and have it join the two others
already under construction," said Jamie Anton, vice president and
general manager of Coast Guard business for Northrop Grumman Ship
Systems. "With world class production efficiencies and ever
improving manufacturing metrics to rival any class of ship, we are
poised to provide the best product built to fulfill the Coast
Guard's multiple maritime missions. Our entire NSC production team
will continue to implement improvements in the ships we deliver to
our customer." "We remain fully committed to our Coast Guard
customer to deliver comprehensive command and control capabilities
aboard its fleet of new National Security Cutters," said Leo
Mackay, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Coast
Guard Systems. "This third cutter promises to join Bertholf and
Waesche as the most capable surface vessels in the history of the
Coast Guard." Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is leading the
production effort along with Lockheed Martin, which is building and
integrating the command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities
onboard. The ship will be manufactured in Pascagoula, Miss. The
C4ISR system aboard the NSC is critical to assuring the crew can
see vessels in distress or targets of interest; collaborate with
other Coast Guard assets at sea, in the air and ashore; and take
action on the most current and pertinent information available. The
interoperability provided by the C4ISR system also helps assure the
cutter can work with 117 agencies and organizations in achieving
robust homeland security. The third NSC will be a 418-foot vessel
with a 4,300 ton displacement at full load powered by a combined
diesel and gas turbine power propulsion plant driving twin screws
with a maximum speed of 28 knots. The cutter will include an aft
launch and recovery area for two rigid hull inflatable boats, an
expansive flight deck able to accommodate a range of rotary wing
manned and unmanned aircraft and state of the art command and
control systems. In addition, the cutter features improved
habitability and a sailor-centric design to facilitate optimized
crewing and enhance onboard quality of life for a mixed gender
crew. About Integrated Coast Guard Systems ICGS is a joint venture
of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). ICGS
was awarded the Coast Guard's Deepwater contract in June 2002 and
has been renewed through January 2011. Headquartered in Rosslyn,
Va., core leadership teams are co-located in Virginia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. DATASOURCE:
Integrated Coast Guard Systems CONTACT: Margaret Mitchell-Jones,
Communications Director of Integrated Coast Guard Systems,
+1-571-218-3352, cell: +1-571-216-5653; Web site:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ http://www.icgsdeepwater.com/
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