High Speed, High Payload Cat Design Contract
Southampton UK based naval architects Nigel Gee and Associates have won a design contract from the US Navy for a 1,000 tonne, 50 knot catamaran capable of carrying its own weight in payload and fuel. Together with the American Titan Corporation, Nigel Gee and Associates will furnish the completed contract design for the X-Craft early next year, when shipbuilding contracts will be awarded. The craft will be delivered in mid-2004.
Southampton UK based naval architects Nigel Gee and Associates have won a design contract from the US Navy for a 1,000 tonne, 50 knot catamaran capable of carrying its own weight in payload and fuel. Together with the American Titan Corporation, Nigel Gee and Associates will furnish the completed contract design for the X-Craft early next year, when shipbuilding contracts will be awarded. The craft will be delivered in mid-2004.
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