Amidst all the talk about the exact details regarding the ongoing fate the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, let’s not let a major milestone go unrecognized. February 19, 2014 was the keel-laying (formal recognition of beginning of construction) for LCS 11 USS Sioux City at Marinette Marine Inc. (A Fincantieri Company). Continue Reading
Archives for February 2014
Top Gun Fox Not a Fan of Littoral Combat Ship
Remember the 1980s movie Top Gun with Tom Cruise? Remember the character played by Kelly McGillis (Tom Cruise’s love interest)—the high heeled, blonde haired woman who told all the Top Gun pilots what to do. That movie character was inspired by Christine Fox, who worked at the US Navy’s Top Gun Program for Naval Fighter Pilot training at the time. She had strong views then and strong opinions now...including views on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). Continue Reading
Hot Pictures of Cool Ships
Whether it’s a sophisticated yacht, a powerful combat vessel or a complex offshore oil platform, there are many great photos of projects designed and built with ShipConstructor CAD /CAM Software. There are a number of visually compelling 3D renderings and some innovative “blended” images where we have taken 3D virtual reality models from Autodesk Navisworks and then blended them with actual photos of the ship that was designed. We’d like to show off our great looking photos so we have created a Continue Reading
All in the Family
We like to keep an eye on our clients…and on our clients’ clients as well. Here’s something that we found interesting related to one of VT Halter’s recent launches (but we had to read through a bunch of details for it to jump out at us). On February 11, 2014, SSI’s client VT Halter Marine of Mississippi launched the articulated tug barge (ATB) tug named “Denise A. Bouchard”. Continue Reading
Engineering America’s Maritime Dominance
"Engineering America’s Maritime Dominance." That’s an “assertive” name for a conference, but it was the title that the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) picked for ASNE Day, February 20-21, 2015 in Arlington Virginia. Continue Reading
SSI Plays Key Role in OPC Contract
Back on February 11, 2014, the competition to build the US Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) was narrowed down to three bidders: Bollinger Shipyards, Eastern Shipbuilding, and Bath Iron Works. We'd like to congratulate the three bidders who have reached this stage and say that we look forward to working with the eventual winner. We'll be working with the winner because one of the requirements of the contract is that at the completion of delivery of the vessel to the USCG, the Continue Reading