Response Boat Medium
Shipbuilders Fincantieri Marinette Marine as well as Vigor (Team RB-M) have actually provided 2 added Response Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms) to the UNITED STATECoast Guard These watercrafts belong to an authorized international army sale to Jordan with the Department of Homeland Security.
Fincantieri Marinette Marine was the prime specialist as well as program supervisor for the task, as well as Vigor constructed the vessels at its Seattle center.
The Royal Jordanian Naval Force (RJNF) intends to run the watercrafts from its base in Aqaba,Jordan The 13.6-meter vessels can a full throttle of greater than 42 knots as well as have an objective period of as much as 24-hour. The RB-Ms will certainly boost the RJNF’s capability to execute protection objectives, search as well as rescue, as well as medicine interdiction together with see, board, search as well as seizure procedures (VBSS).
“We are pleased to lead this effort as the prime contractor and to team with Vigor to provide the U.S. government and our Coast Guard a means through which to strengthen security cooperation worldwide,” claimed Rick Hunt, President of Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
Key functions on the vessels consist of FLIR evening vision modern technology, press knees for included control with VBSS procedures, as well as a composite aft deck hardtop for team convenience. The vessels remain to make use of shock mitigating seats, Vector-Stick Integrated Control Systems, as well as port as well as starboard rescue wells for water access.
“The RB-M has proven to be one of Vigor’s most enduring designs thanks to its reliable high performance. We are pleased to see its popularity spreading internationally and honored to support the U.S. Coast Guard and its allies in RB-M production,” claimed Bill Blount, Vigor’s Director, International Sales.
Team RB-M formerly provided 174 comparable watercrafts to the united state Coast Guard as well as is finishing 6 added watercrafts for Bahrain.
