The contract announcement reads:
ReconCraft LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska, is awarded a $22,070,151 firm-fixed-price contract for two Norwegian Combatant Craft Mediums. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $30,950,521. Work will be performed in Clackamas, Oregon, and is expected to be completed by August 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through January 2026. Foreign Military Financing (Norway) funds in the amount of $22,070,151 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S. Code § 637(a)) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 19.8. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-23-C-2205).
The end-user of these CCMs in Norway will likely be the Marinejegerkommandoen or MJK (Naval Special Operations Command). The unit is headquartered on the Ramsund naval base in northern Norway, with other MJK operators stationed on the Haakonsvern naval base in southwestern Norway.
About Combatant Craft Medium
The Combatant Craft Medium (CCM) Mk1s are in service with the U.S. naval special forces (“Special Boat Teams”) since 2015. It is is a low-observable, reconfigurable, multi-mission surface tactical mobility vessel designed to insert and extract special operations soldiers in low-to-medium threat areas. It may also carry out limited fire support, maritime interdiction and visit board search and seizure (VBSS) missions, counter-terrorism, and foreign internal defense operations. Follow this link at American Special Ops to find out more about the CCM.
Specifications:
- Length (Hull): 18.47m
- Beam (Overall): 4.01m
- Draft: 1.04m
- Full Load Displacement: 29.8T
- Payload: 4 Crew, 19 Passengers, Gear 5T
- Engines: (2) MTU 8V2000 M94, 1250HP each
- Transmission: (2) ZF SEA REX 120S
- Fuel Capacity: 5148L
- Top Speed: 52 knots
- Cruise Speed: 40 knots
- Range (Cruise) 4′ combined seas 600 N. MI