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HII Wins $125 Million Modification For More Fitz Repair Work

HII Wins $125 Million Modification For More Fitz Repair Work
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrives in the port of Pascagoula, Miss.on Jan. 19 aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Transself as it heads to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard for repairs and upgrades. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Huntington Ingalls Inc. [HII] its largest modification yet, $125 million, for the contract repairing the heavily damaged USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), the Pentagon said on Friday.The modification covers “the additional collision repairs as well as maintenance and modernization” in the contract for Fitzgerald emergent repair and restoration.The work is expected to be finished by January 2020.This is the latest of several modifications to an initial September 2017 HII contract to repair the damaged Arleigh…

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