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NEWPORT
NEWS SHIPBUILDING DELIVERS SUBMARINE TEST VEHICLE TO
IDAHO NAVY FACILITY FOR FINAL OUTFITTING
NEWPORT NEWS,
Va., August 11, 2000 – Newport News Shipbuilding
(NYSE: NNS) announced today that the forward
end of the Large Scale Vehicle (LSV 2), Cutthroat,
arrived at the U.S. Navy’s Acoustic Research Detachment
in Bayview, Idaho. The unit arrived on July 31, 2000.
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Staff Photographer:
John Whalen
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LSV Loading for
Departure from Newport News Shipbuilding to
Idaho
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The
Cutthroat is being built by NNS and General Dynamics'
Electric Boat as part of a U.S. Navy program for testing
new submarine technologies before they are applied to
full-scale ships. As the prime contractor and lead design
yard, NNS developed the concept and detailed design in
conjunction with the Navy and Electric Boat for the quarter-scale
version of the Virginia-class submarine.
NNS
has been involved with the Navy’s scaled testing programs
in Idaho since 1993. NNS designed and built the Cutthroat
pressure hull, forward non-pressure hull, the sail and
the systems/components in the forward end of the vehicle.
Electric Boat designed and built the main propulsion components,
steering and diving controls, and the aft non-pressure
hull. Construction on the Cutthroat began in September
1998, and the 60-foot long
forward end left NNS on July 22. In Idaho the Cutthroat
will be housed in the Model Engineering and Support Facility
(MESF) where it will be joined with the aft section later
this summer and undergo final outfitting and testing on
Lake Pend Oreille, following initial testing and certification.
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Staff Photographer:
John Whalen
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LSV Loading for
departure
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"We
are pleased to be part of a project that will enable the
U.S. Navy to develop and evaluate new technologies to
improve performance of the Virginia-class submarine,"
said NNS Vice President and General Manager of Submarines,
W. G. Cridlin, Jr. He added, "The teaming arrangement
between NNS, Electric Boat and the Navy has been the catalyst
for success in meeting the challenging requirements for
a state-of-the-art unmanned submarine".
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Staff Photographer:
John Whalen
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LSV Loading for Departure
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Cutthroat,
named after the Idaho Cutthroat Trout, is the largest
autonomous unmanned submarine in the world. The Cutthroat
is more capable and quieter than the LSV I, Kokanee,
the quarter scale Seawolf-class model submarine.
Newport
News Shipbuilding designs and constructs nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers and submarines for the U.S. Navy and
provides life-cycle services for ships in the Navy fleet.
The company employs nearly 17,000 people and has annual
revenues of approximately $2.0 billion. Visit NNS on the
Web at www.nns.com.
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