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| New Virginia Class Sub Delivered Early and Under Budget |
| 2008-08-29 |
| Posted by:charger |
| #8 Pappy, you think the Navy can loan a few of these program officers to the Air Force? Lookin like they need the help. heh |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-29 23:13 |
| #7 No, Pappy. Don't promote him out of the shipyard. ;-) |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-08-29 23:12 |
| #6 pappy, big time. Anyone that can run a complex build like that is a genius. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-29 23:12 |
| #5 Navy Capt. Chris Pietras, who oversees construction of all subs at the Electric Boat yard. Flag-officer material. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-29 21:50 |
| #4 Two good friends of mine worked on that boat. Well done! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-08-29 21:14 |
| #3 See if Northrop Grumman can do that with the NG/EADS tankers. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-29 19:29 |
| #2 New Virginia Class Sub Delivered Early and Under Budget Portents and signs. That is so UNNATURAL. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-29 17:09 |
| #1 And there is no periscope, either. Instead, a photonics mast transmits a live image of the surface onto a computer screen. Crewmembers are able to see 360 degrees around the sub. How weird. |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2008-08-29 16:51 |