Iran Unveils Missile-Launching Hovercraft

Iran has unveiled a domestically designed and manufactured hovercraft capable of launching missiles and aerial drones, the Iranian media reported. The hovercraft, dubbed Tondar (Thundebolt), was unveiled on Monday during an official ceremony at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas as part of large-scale military exercises that started over the weekend in eastern Iran. “Mass [...]

Rolls-Royce to Power US Navy’s New Ship-to-Shore Connector Hovercraft Fleet

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of hovercrafts, known as the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC). The Group will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, which has been selected to build the initial development craft, in a program that could [...]

Ship-To-Shore Connector Contract Announcement

The Navy awarded today a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract for the detail design and construction of a Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) test and training craft to Textron, Inc., New Orleans, La. The contract also includes options for up to eight additional craft which, if exercised, brings the cumulative value of this contract to $570,451,044. The award [...]

US Navy orders next-generation hovercraft

The US Navy on Friday ordered the first of its next-generation landing craft, with options for eight more, as it moves to replace its aging hovercraft fleet, the Pentagon announced. The contract with defense development firm Textron totaled $213 million and may increase to $570 million if the eight options are exercised, the Pentagon said [...]

Talisman Sabre 2011

Talisman Sabre 2011

Raw footage of US Marine LCACs (hovercraft) and LAVs participating in Talisman Sabre 2011 in Freshwater Bay, Australia in July 20…