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Contract Deliveries
Moroccan Navy First 214 sub for
frigate contract Korean Navy
The Royal Moroccan Navy has awarded Schelde At the end of December 2007, the Republic of Korea Navy
Naval Shipbuilding, part of the Damen Group in The took delivery of the first of three Class 214 submarines
being built under licence at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The submarines are equipped with Air Independent
Propulsion (AIP) and were designed by HDW, part of
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Germany.
The submarine, named Son Won Il, will reinforce the
submarine flotilla of the Republic of Korea Navy, which
consists of nine German-designed Class 209s.
The new submarine has a displacement of approximately
1542tonnes, is 65m long, and operated by a regular crew
of 27 men. It has a combined diesel electric and fuel cell
propulsion system.
Advanced hullforms
schelde Naval shipbuilding is to build three frigates for
Wing-in-ground
the Royal Moroccan Navy.
effect craft tested
Personnel from the Naval Surface Warfare Centre
Netherlands, a contract for the design, build, and (NSWC) at Dahlgren in the USA observed the UH-
delivery of three SIGMA class multi-mission frigates. 19XRW Hoverwing in ground-effect mode over the
The SIGMA class frigates will be extended versions Potomac River Test Range earlier this year.
of the existing SIGMA design which will be lengthened The military capabilities of the unmanned, hybrid
by adding new modules. hovercraft/ground-effect vehicle are being investigated by
The contract includes one ship of 105m in length a team of Dahlgren engineers and scientists in a research
and two ships of 98m in length. The last ship will be and development programme known as Sly Fox Program
delivered in 2012. Mission 9.
Research
Rolls-Royce wins
US Navy order
A strategic alliance between Rolls-Royce and UCT
Coatings Inc is about to start work on a US$7 million
US Navy research contract which will be used to
evaluate UCT’s patented UltraCem nickel boron
coatings on propulsors such as propellers and waterjets. The NswC is studying the military utility of this
In a statement, Rolls-Royce said the coatings ‘have the unmanned wing-in-ground effect hybrid.
capability to change the hydrodynamic performance,
cavitation characteristics, and sea-growth fouling of
propellers and waterjets’. Programmes
UCT has granted Rolls-Royce a long-term exclusive
licence to use the technology for a wide range of
Sweden approves
commercial and naval marine equipment. Andy
next-gen sub
Marsh, president of Rolls-Royce US naval operations,
said: ‘This research contract will allow us to improve The Swedish Government has approved initiation of the
many current products and develop several new design phase for a new generation of submarines and has
product concepts. We also intend to work closely with authorised placement of the order by the Swedish Armed
our customers to apply this technology on non-Rolls- Forces.
Royce equipment.’ ‘This is a highly welcome announcement, which is good for
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