# Metal Shark wins $54M US Navy contract for patrol vessels

Metal Shark was selected by the US Navy to build up to thirteen 85-foot Defiant-class patrol cutters for partner nations under a contract potentially worth $54 million. The vessels will be built for countries including the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-06-23
- Where: Jeanerette, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $54.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: 85-foot Defiant-class patrol cutters, electro-optical infrared sensors
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Damen Shipyards Group](https://endata.com/companies/6747.md) (partner)
- [United States Navy](https://endata.com/companies/15467.md) (customer)
- [Metal Shark](https://endata.com/companies/19660.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [metalsharkboats.com](https://www.metalsharkboats.com/june-23rd-2017-metal-shark-wins-54-million-us-navy-contract-to-build-near-coastal-patrol-vessels/), 2017-06-23: "Metal Shark’s proposal was selected by Naval Sea Systems Command from a field of six competing shipyards."

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