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Austal Wins $235 Million To Build EPF-15

Monday, March 1st, 2021

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Austal Wins $235 Million To Build EPF-15

The Navy’s twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Newport (EPF-12), successfully competed Integrated Sea Trials on July 30, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy on Friday awarded Austal USA a $235 million contract modification for the detail design and construction of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 15. The Defense Department contract announcement on Feb. 26 noted the EPF class “provides high speed, shallow draft transportation capability to support the intra-theater maneuver of personnel, supplies and equipment for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army.” EPFs are non-combat ships operated by Military Sealift Command that operate in shallow-draft ports and waterways to transport…

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