RIBCRAFT U.S.A., a supplier of stiff blow up watercrafts (RIBs) for police, security specialists and also army firms, introduced that it just recently went into the manufacturing stage on its five-year IDIQ agreement with the united state Navy to construct the conventional 7- Meter RIB.
Under the multi-year agreement, RIBCRAFT will certainly develop to 278 of the 7-Meter stiff blow up watercrafts worth about $80 million. This is supposed to be the biggest solitary agreement based upon variety of watercrafts ever before granted by the united state Navy.
“With this additional multi year contract, we’re proud to continue our long collective partnership with the U.S. Navy,” claimed P. Brian Gray, President and also Chief Executive Officer of RIBCRAFT. “We are committed to delivering the most reliable, safe, and exceptional boats to the dedicated men and women serving our country around the world.”
These 24′ RIBs will certainly act as the Ready Service Life Boats on all Navy ships cruising worldwide and also are a necessary element of the fleet. As multi-purpose systems they offer numerous additional objectives consisting of anti-terrorism/force defense procedures, search & & rescue, vessel boarding search & & seizure (VBSS) and also maritime interdiction procedures.
An essential functional demand for the shipboard 7m RIB is that each watercraft should be brought aboard and also released from a range of united state Navy ship courses. To achieve this, RIBCRAFT will certainly construct 3 variations under the agreement. Two variations specify to the launch, healing, and also dealing with systems discovered on the courses with the 3rd version being a Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) accredited craft meant for the Military Sealift Command (MSC). This is the only SOLAS watercraft presently integrated in the United States.
Each vessel is powered by a solitary Steyr SE266E40 diesel motor with Bravo Two X Mercruiser outdrive and also outfitted with a Briartek guy over the top sign system (MOBI), and also ahead M60/M240 tool structure. With a complete lots of 18 seafarers, the 7-meter RIB will certainly have a sprint rate of 25 knots.
These watercrafts will certainly be developed along with the united state Navy Expeditionary 11-Meter RIB that RIBCRAFT is presently constructing at its Massachusetts centers. Together these agreements have a complete worth of over $120 million, making the firm New England’s most considerable watercraft supplier.
“RIBCRAFT is well respected as a top builder of the most reliable commercial rigid inflatable boats available. We’re extremely proud to have received the largest Navy boat contract ever awarded and are equally proud to be building these boats in Marblehead, MA – a fitting tribute to a town that lays claim to being the birthplace of the US Navy,” claimed Gray.
