Shark to showcase ’40 PB’ in public

JEANERETTE, La. – Louisiana-Alabama shipbuilder Metal Shark will be showcasing an array of products and technology at this year’s International Workboat Show at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans from Nov. 28-30 at the 2018 International Workboat Show. Metal Shark has selected this year’s Workboat Show to give the public its first look at the U.S. Navy’s newest Defiant patrol boat, the “40 PB.” The next-generation Defiant X patrol boat platform represents the latest evolution of Metal Shark’s mono-hull pilothouse series of vessels equipped with “Sharktech” autonomous technology developed in concert with developer L3 ASV, according to Josh Stickles, Metal Shark’s VP of marketing. Metal Shark’s display will be located in Hall E, Booth 3381 of the Morial Center in New Orleans. For more information visit www.workboatshow.com. (Source: Metal Shark 11/26/18) L3 Technologies acquired ASV Global in September 2018. The acquisition enhances L3’s spectrum of unmanned maritime capabilities, including integrated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions, future surface combatant unmanned off-board sensors, and integrated unmanned surface and undersea vessel (USV/UUV) operations. The new company will be known as L3 ASV. Based in Broussard, La., and the United Kingdom, L3 ASV delivers surface vessels in a range of sizes, currently from 10 to 42 feet, with proprietary software and control systems and proven unmanned system autonomy architectures.