
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] another $146 million undefinitized contract action to procure long-lead time material for the amphibious assault ship LHA-9. The Navy first awarded HII a $187 million contract to procure long-lead time materials for LHA-9 in April (Defense Daily, May 1). LHA-9 will be the fourth America-class amphibious assault ship and second LHA configured as the Flight 1 Amphibious Assault Ship Replacement, compared to earlier Flight 0 configuration ships. This set of work will mostly…