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Fincantieri will race with Boeing for the new US Navy hovercrafts

Trieste, Italy - The contract is worth $4 billion

Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group, and Boeing announced yesterday a teaming effort to race in the tender for the building of the new US Navy hovercrafts. The race for the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) project will be launched in 2010 will have an overall value of about $4 billion. The 10-year contract includes the construction of 80 new LCACs (Landing Craft Air Cushion) that...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103919
Rome, Italy, 05/05/2009 15:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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