Birdon begins construction of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels at C&C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and Bardex Corp. is selected to supply a 27,600-ton shiplift for a new Newport News ship repair facility. Plus McAllister Towing takes delivery of the Mary McAllister, the sixth tug in a seven-vessel series built by Washburn and Doughty.
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Birdon begins building uncrewed vessels at C&C Marine and Repair
Birdon has started construction of the first tranche of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels at C&C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, pairing C&C's shipbuilding capabilities with autonomy software from Mythos AI under a Navy program with 2.1 billion dollars set aside in the reconciliation bill.
Read the full storyBardex to supply 27,600-ton shiplift for Newport News shipyard
Bardex Corp. has been selected to supply an OmniLift shiplift with a maximum capacity of just over 27,600 tons for River Port LLC's Newport News, Virginia facility, intended to support ship repair, maintenance, and Navy subassembly module launches, with commissioning expected in September 2028.
Read the full storyTugboat Mary McAllister delivered
Washburn and Doughty Associates has delivered the Mary McAllister to McAllister Towing and Transportation, the sixth tug in a seven-vessel series and the first in the series built with full firefighting capability, homeported in Port Everglades, Florida.
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