Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders receives US Navy contract
The company will build the Hydrographic Survey Vessel as part of the US Navy's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.
Caption: Hydrographic Survey Vessel of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A File Photo.
LOUISIANA (BNS): Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders of Lockport has been awarded a $7.3 million US Navy contract to build a Catamaran Hull Hydrographic Survey Vessel for the government of Oman.
This vessel will be built by Thoma-Sea as a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.
"The employees and management of Thoma-Sea and Technology Associates are excited that the US Navy has placed their confidence in this team," Walter Thomasie, general manager of Thoma-Sea, was quoted as saying in the company news release.
Thoma-Sea’s partner in this proposal is Technology Associates Inc. (TAI) of New Orleans in Louisiana.
TAI prepared the proposal for Thoma-Sea and will be in charge of performing the Design, Program Management and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) functions for Thoma-Sea.
The Sultanate of Oman will receive this 90-foot vessel, which is designed to conduct hydrographic and environmental surveys of harbors and bays, and will work in Oman’s territorial waters, according to the release.
This vessel will be built by Thoma-Sea as a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.
"The employees and management of Thoma-Sea and Technology Associates are excited that the US Navy has placed their confidence in this team," Walter Thomasie, general manager of Thoma-Sea, was quoted as saying in the company news release.
Thoma-Sea’s partner in this proposal is Technology Associates Inc. (TAI) of New Orleans in Louisiana.
TAI prepared the proposal for Thoma-Sea and will be in charge of performing the Design, Program Management and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) functions for Thoma-Sea.
The Sultanate of Oman will receive this 90-foot vessel, which is designed to conduct hydrographic and environmental surveys of harbors and bays, and will work in Oman’s territorial waters, according to the release.
