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  • Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage

    An Independence-variant littoral combat ship built by Austal USA for the U.S. Navy has completed a maiden voyage from Mobile, Alabama, to a naval base in San Diego, California. USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) underwent combat ship qualification trials, crew certification training and scheduled equipment and system checks during the vessel’s expedition, the Navy said Thursday. Austal USA […] More

  • Austal, Navy to Christen 'Tulsa' Littoral Combat Ship; Sean Stackley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal, Navy to Christen ‘Tulsa’ Littoral Combat Ship; Sean Stackley Comments

    Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary will host a christening ceremony Saturday for the U.S. Navy‘s future Independence-variant littoral combat ship at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The USS Tulsa, designated LCS 16, is the second Navy ship that honors the same-named city in Oklahoma and built to support the service branch’s near-shore environment and open-ocean operations. Tulsa is designed to eliminate asymmetric “anti-access” […] More