The Coast Guard on Monday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $76.5 million contract option to procure long-lead time materials for the eighth and final Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC). The contract covers the initial order of components and materials to sequence construction of the 418-foot high-endurance cutter, the Midgett, including steel plating, propulsion systems, marine turbine/diesel engines, air search radar, ship integrated control system, switchboards and generators. The Coast Guard said the contract is the first of a planned…
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