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Army Places Billion Dollar Watercraft Order

Friday, September 29th, 2017

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Army Places Billion Dollar Watercraft Order

Troops in formation.

The Army has awarded a contract worth nearly a billion dollars for shallow-water landing craft.Vigor Works, LLC, located in Clackamas, Ore., has scored a 10-year, firm fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) (MSV(L)) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase and subsequent production and deployment phase. The total estimated value is $979.79 million. The MSV(L) program is specifically designed to deliver a new vessel that enables Army mariners to carry the modern, combat-configured equipment into diverse littoral…

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