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• We have a winner: Austal wins coveted Joint High Speed Vessel contract!

  H/T Defense News article here . Congratulations to Austal USA for (finally!) receiving the contract for the Joint High Speed Vessel! As I’ve discussed in previous posts, this is a program near and dear to my heart and I fully intend to write a book about... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:15 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: HSV

• How to deal with piracy off of Somalia: An insurance company, a private military company, and a few good operators

  The piracy going on off the coast of Somalia and to a lesser extent Yemen has been getting a lot of attention these days. The seizure of a ship carrying Russian tanks, the holding of her crew, and now news reports of the arrival of a US warship and Russian... Posted Oct 06 2008, 01:16 AM by Otto with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: private military company, pirates, HSV