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HII Wins $108 Million Mod For LCS Planning Yard Services

Monday, April 20th, 2020

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HII Wins $108 Million Mod For LCS Planning Yard Services

The future USS Tulsa (LCS-16) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship is launched in Mobile, Ala. in March 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $108 million modification on April 17 as the first option for in-service Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) planning yard services contract work. Last year, HII beat out Austal USA and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works [GD] for a contract worth up to $932 million total for LCS planning yard support (Defense Daily, May 1, 2019). At the time, the announcement listed planning yard work services as advance planning, class engineering, and primary support…

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