UPDATE Jan 17, 2008
Article:
16 January 2008
http://www.janes.com/news/defence/naval/id...80116_1_n.shtml
Below is one of the winning designs, I don't know what the other one looks like (yet), but with your help maybe we can figure it out.
http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.ph...0085#post180085
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Originally Posted by BMcF
Here's an option..has a 45-knot open-sea capapability in catamaran mode and deployable/retractable skirt system for amphib mode. Bit pricey..only for the most descriminating yacht owner with very, very deep pockets.  We are on the design team for this thing...pic shows it in amphib mode and I'm not sure I can show it with skirt system stowed...without permission from the project office.
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An article from Global Security:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...hip/t-craft.htm
UPI article:
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/...raft_ship/7711/
From Alion's website:
http://www.alionscience.com/index.cfm?fuse...&newsid=131
Powerpoint with other designs and specs/metrics
http://www.onrglobal.navy.mil/public/about..._INP_Cooper.ppt
MCLEAN, Va., Jan 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)
http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=76089808
Quote:
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has selected Alion Science and Technology to proceed with Phase II, the detailed design phase, of the Sea Base Connector Transformable-Craft (T-Craft) program. The contract, worth between $6 and $10 million over a period of 12 to 24 months, was awarded on Nov. 30 and makes Alion eligible for the critical Phase III award--construction of the ship--on a $156M contract.
Under the Phase II contract, Alion will build full-scale models of new technologies and demonstrate that they work. These technologies include a ship skirt and seal design, an innovative propulsion power distribution system and vehicle transfer technologies. The second phase also requires Alion to finalize a design suitable for construction of a full-scale ship.
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