
The Navy’s $9.47 billion award to HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding this week for three Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships and one America-class amphibious assault ship includes several incentives to help the company retain and grow its workforce, a Navy acquisition official said. Tom Rivers, the executive director for amphibious, auxiliary and sealift programs at the Program Executive Office Ships, told reporters Tuesday that the Navy added incentives to help build and maintain the right labor force for…