Swiftships Orders Build Iraqi Navy’s Coastal Patrol Capabilities
All contracts are managed by US Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, DC, on behalf of their Foreign Military Sale clients in Iraq. The contractor is small business qualifier Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC in Morgan City, LA. A maximum $18 million contract to provide Iraq with provide technical expertise in preventative and planned maintenance, emergent repairs, […]
Egyptian Navy to Get Four More Vessels from Swiftships
Swiftships has been awarded a contract to build four 28 meter long coastal patrol vessel kits for Egypt, which will assemble the craft in Alexandria. Swiftships made the announcement on 28 June after receiving a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract. Work is being covered by $15 million in Foreign Military Sales funds and will be […]
NAVSEA Picks Swiftships LLC to Design & Build LCU Replacement in $18m Contract Award
The Navy awarded Louisiana-based Swiftships, LLC an $18-million contract for the detail design and construction of the first Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1700) surface connector, a program that has seen both timeline acceleration efforts and some slow-downs over the past two years. The LCU-1700 is meant to be a “modified repeat” that looks and functions much […]
Pakistan Orders Two Corvettes from US-Based Swiftships
In an interview with Mönch, Swiftships CEO Shehraze Shah stated that the Pakistan Navy placed an order for two 75m corvettes from the Louisiana-based shipbuilding company. Shah also stated that the Pakistan Navy (PN) is a customer of the Swiftships’ 11m Special Operation Craft Riverine (SOC-R), which the PN has deployed for counterinsurgency (COIN) and […]
Navy Awards Swiftships $59 Million Contract in LCUs
The Navy awarded Swiftships LLC a $50 million modification to build four more Landing Craft utility (LCU) transportation boats as the service accelerates releasing contracts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The award is exercising an option to construct LCU boats 1703-1706. The LCU 1700-class boats will replace the existing 32 LCU 1610-class of amphibious landing craft […]
Swiftships Awarded AWSM Zone 1 and Zone 2 Contract
Army Watercraft Sustainment Maintenance (AWSM) division announced final awards, and Swiftships was awarded both Zone 1 (CONUS) and Zone 2 (OCONUS) programs, making Swiftships the only shipyard to achieve both. Swiftships is the only the U.S. based shipyard that got awarded Zone 2. The scope of contracts is follow-on efforts for the Army Watercraft Inspection […]
Swiftships to Build 9 Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs) for the U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON – Unmanned vehicles experts at L3Harris Technologies Inc. are moving forward in a project to design and build a prototype Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) for intelligence gathering and electronic warfare (EW) missions. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking the L3Harris Technologies Unmanned Maritime Systems division in Broussard, La., for engineering and […]
Ten Additional 28M Patrol Craft for Egypt under 2022 DCS Contract
In March 2022, Swiftships awarded a new 28m Coastal Patrol Craft (CPC) contact to supply “Kit” as a Modification to its original Direct Commercial Sales (DCS). The Mod_004 will deliver Ten (10) Kits to be co-produced in Egypt at the Egyptian Navy (EN) Alexandria Shipyard and Egyptian Ship Repair and Building Company (ESRBC). In addition, […]
Swiftships Awarded $22 Million for Six More Vessels for Egypt
Swiftships has been awarded a $22 million foreign military sale (FMS) contract to supply six (6) 28 meter long Coastal Patrol Craft to the Egyptian Navy along with other equipment. The vessels will be co-produced in Egypt under a long-running arrangement. Swiftships will supply six (6) patrol craft ‘material production kits’ to Egypt, along with […]
Spares and Consumables Contract Award for Iraq Navy’s Fleet Sustainment
On 12/30/2022, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MinDef) c/o Directorate General Armament Supply (DGAS) awarded Swiftships the Sole-Source Contract via Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) to procure Spares and Consumables for the Iraq Navy’s (IqN) Fleet in UmQasr, Iraq. The contract allows IqN to procure spares for their fleet for Swiftships built 35m Patrol Boats, Safe […]