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HII Awarded $165.5 Million For First LPD Flight II Long-Lead Materials

Friday, August 3rd, 2018

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HII Awarded $165.5 Million For First LPD Flight II Long-Lead Materials

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The Navy on Thursday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $165.5 million contract to procure long-lead time materials and non-recurring engineering activities for the first LPD Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-30.The Navy chose HII as the winner of the LX(R) replacement program in April. The company will build the next type of amphibious transport docks as Flight II San Antonio-class ships. The Flight II ships will replace the 12 aging Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry-class (LCD-41/49)…

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