
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has received a $499.8 million contract from the Coast Guard to build the eighth and final National Security Cutter (NSC), which will be delivered in 2019.The contract price is in line with the $497 million the company received one year ago for the seventh NSC, which will be delivered in 2018 (Defense Daily, April 1, 2014).“We are performing extremely well in this program, proving the point that serial production is the most efficient and effective way…