Navy-Army High-Speed Ship Program Moving Forward
The Naval Sea Systems Command this fall authorized Austal USA, prime contractor for the joint Army-Navy Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV) program, to begin construction on the fourth and fifth ships of the class at the company’s Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. In mid-September, Austal started work on the second JHSV, the Vigilant (JHSV-2). Austal laid the keel for the first ship of the class, the Spearhead (JHSV-1), last July, with launch scheduled for June 2011 and delivery to the Army in December 2011.
