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Navy Gives Green Light To Austal To Begin JHSV Construction

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Friday, December 18th, 2009

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Austal USA has received authorization from the Navy to commence construction on the first of up to 10 103-meter Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV), the company reported. After Austal successfully completed the Production Readiness Review and necessary Pentagon approvals were obtained, the Navy authorized Austal's Mobile, Ala., facility to immediately begin fabrication of Fortitude (JHSV-1), the company said. "The ship's design maturity and readiness, the availability of materials and components, and the shipbuilder's ability to successfully start fabrication were all…

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