Shipyards finish repairs

MOBILE, Ala. -- BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards and Austal USA finished a four-month repair and maintenance job on a Navy research vessel. The companies in November announced they were teaming up to work on the Sea Fighter, an experimental vessel based out of Panama City, Fla., an aluminum catamaran that the Office of Naval Research uses to test technologies it will use on its littoral combat ships and joint high-speed vessels. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, MarineLink, 03/08/12)