Shipbuilder Birdon Group has provided an update on planned improvements at its shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama (pictured), which is the production site for the U.S. Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) programme. Birdon has secured a $1.187 billion contract to design and build 27 new vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard, while the…
Metal additive manufacturing machinery manufacturer SPEE3D has announced the successful completion of the experimental phase of Trident Warrior, a major US military trial programme. SPEE3D deployed its Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU, pictured) mobile additive manufacturing solution during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise – at the Marine Corps Air Station in Kaneohe Bay in…
The US Marine Corps has selected Port Macquarie maritime engineer Birdon Group‘s advanced Heavy Landing Craft – H260 design to be part of a test and evaluation exercise focused on the missions it envisions Marines executing in the future. The H-260, a long-range, shallow draft, independent vessel, shares a common lineage to Birdon’s proposed Heavy…
