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HII Nabs Nearly $2 Billion In Support, Sub Construction Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023

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HII Nabs Nearly $2 Billion In Support, Sub Construction Awards

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HII [HII] on Tuesday announced $1.9 billion in contract awards, including $1.3 billion in support of U.S. Africa Command in support of life-saving operations. The USAFRICOM award was to HII’s Mission Technologies segment under the Personnel Recovery Services and Enterprises task order and has a one-year base period and six one-year options. HII said it will “provide a large-scale, lifesaving network of medical, rotary, and fixed-wing solutions to support USAFRICOM’s Warfighter Recovery Network.” The company also said that in the…

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