R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-23) is a Global-class research vessel owned by the United States Office of Naval Research and operated under a bareboat charterparty agreement by the University of Washington as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. The Navy issued bid solicitations to the shipbuilding industry for a new oceanographic ship on May 27, 1987. Halter Marine, Inc. won the contract for the construction of Thomas G.
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Radio Direction Finding: An Essential Tool for Search and Rescue When you call 911 from a cell phone on land, the dispatcher can usually determine your location in just a few seconds between your phone’s internal GPS and the location information available from the cellular network. However, this is not necessarily the case when a
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The Van Diemen has been in service with the Tasmanian Police Department for 21 years. This vessel has been so successful that, when the department decided to increase its capability by adding another vessel, the very detailed specifications were for a similar but larger and faster vessel. Fine Entry Marine of Geraldton, Western Australia, submitted the winning
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Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC Robert Goldman to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 165th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 42nd Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. The USCGC Robert Goldman is the
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Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC Glen Harris to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 167th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. The Glen Harris is the third of
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JUNE 21, 2022 Working in conjunction with CNC Technologies, Metro Aviation customized a new H125 to meet the Texas Department of Public Safety’s specific mission needs. Metro Aviation recently completed and delivered a new H125 for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Working in conjunction with aviation technology and wireless communications leader CNC Technologies, Metro
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