ShipConstructor - Defense Projects

Littoral Combat Ship	Littoral Combat Ship*	U.S.C.G. Deepwater Program

As part of the General Dynamics Team, Austal is now using ShipConstructor on their most ambitious project yet - the design of a trimaran vessel for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.	Today's naval threat environment has changed significantly due to mines, quiet diesel-electric submarines and surface threats. Naval forces need a new type of warship to combat these formidable threats and to...	NGSS has more than 60 users utilising the full range of ShipConstructor modules available to work on the National Security Cutter project, all of whom found ShipConstructor to be very user-friendly and easy to use.

MPF Utility Boat	High Speed Patrol Boat

ShipConstructor is easily integrated with several industry-leading programs, including AutoCAD, Rhino, and SolidWorks. Elliott Bay Design Group utilised Rhino for the initial hull modeling of the project before...	High speed aluminium alloy boats require multiple stringers laid out along many frames and bulkheads. Using ShipCAM’s LoftSpace and StiffenerCutout features, Sumidagawa Shipyard Co. Ltd. was able to produce...

* Photo courtesy United States Navy