ProJekt 54 – Convenience Cravings and the Need for Speed
June 26, 2023
You may be shocked to find that North America boasts only a small number of shipyards and builders that offer finely finished aluminum boats and
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Thoroughbred Boats U23i – Luxury and Legendary Performance Redesigned
June 26, 2023
The U23i from Thoroughbred Boat Company combines modern luxury with legendary performance. Originally designed with inboard propulsion and a single engine with propeller tunnel on
CRAB 2.0 – DLBA’s Modern Take on a Coastal Research Classic
June 26, 2023
DLBA recently completed the preliminary design of a Next-Generation Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy (CRAB 2.0) for the US Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research
See you at MACC?
June 26, 2023
Anchor down at MACC 2023! Our team will be attending ASNE’s Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC) June 26 – 28 in Portsmouth, VA. You can find
Announcing Donald L. Blount Memorial Graduate Scholarship
January 18, 2023
DLBA Naval Architects, a division of Gibbs & Cox, a Leidos company, is proud to announce the creation of the Donald L. Blount Memorial Graduate Scholarship.
WEBINAR INVITE > Tank Testing vs. CFD Testing
October 3, 2022
Our community has come a long way with the prediction of resistance and trim of high-speed planing craft. Once the community amassed enough model test data…
Blue Gulf Cat 43’ (13m): Tested and Proved
August 5, 2022
In the last quarter of 2022, we worked with Blue Gulf Cat in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), providing them some support in hydrodynamic design of a stepped planning hull. Through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and our high-speed expertise, we were able to provide additional input into their creation of an efficient stepped hull, balancing safety and performance while operating close to the threshold of dynamic instability.
Triton’s Wing-Sail
August 2, 2022
DLBA is proud to have assisted Ocean Aero in the optimization of the new single element wing-sail for the TRITON, the world’s only Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV). With both general structural design and overall lift performance, DLBA worked with aggressive schedules and geometric requirements to deliver a great improvement in record time using vortex lattice and computational fluid dynamic propriety programs.
Thoroughbred U-21: In the Water!
July 28, 2022
Our team had the opportunity to collaborate on the development of the Thoroughbred U-21. We first mentioned the project back in June of 2020, and it’s awesome to see the first one is on the water. The COVID-19 pandemic presented a struggle getting this girl out of the shop and on the water due to both supply chain and labor impacts for this new Michigan builder.
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