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Irving Shipbuilding Moves Forward with Detailed AOPS Design, Preparing for Construction in 2015
Halifax, NS, March 7, 2013:  Irving Shipbuilding welcomed the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence to Halifax Shipyard today to mark the start of the Definition (Design) phase of work for the first set of new naval combat vessels for Canada, the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). Click here for more...

Shipbuilding Update
Mar. 7, 2013: On October 19, 2011, Irving Shipbuilding earned the right to negotiate the contracts to build the new combat vessel fleet for the Royal Canadian Navy. It was a great day for everyone on the Irving Shipbuilding team, in Nova Scotia, throughout the region, and indeed across Canada. We believe it’s important to keep you up-to-date on both our progress and our current activities. These regular updates will provide an overview of where we are today – at the beginning of an exciting and promising 30-year process. Click here for link to newsletter...

Canadian Government Supports Atlantis Resources Corporation Tidal Energy Project
Halifax, NS, Feb. 15, 2013: Atlantis Resources Corporation, a world-leading marine energy company, has been awarded a $5 million grant by the Canadian Government’s Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) fund towards a 1+ megawatt tidal energy project in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The company will work together with Lockheed Martin and Irving Shipbuilding to customize, build, deploy and monitor their 1+ megawatt turbine at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy test site in the Bay of Fundy. Click here for more...