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Four-Ship Amphib Order Includes Incentives To Retain And Grow Labor Force

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

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Four-Ship Amphib Order Includes Incentives To Retain And Grow Labor Force

Aerial view of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. taken in June 2017. (Photo: HII)

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…

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