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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

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Coast Guard Awards HII Advanced Procurement for Seventh NSC A little more than a month after receiving a nearly $500 million contract for construction of the sixth National Security Cutter (NSC), Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has been awarded a $76.8 million contract to purchase long-lead materials for the seventh NSC. “This advance procurement contract allows us to maintain production line and supplier base momentum while we prepare for the ship construction contract,” says Jim French, NSC program manager at HII’s…

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