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Navy/USMC

HII Wins $2.4 Billion Contract For LHA-9

Friday, October 28th, 2022

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HII Wins $2.4 Billion Contract For LHA-9

A representation of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8), an amphibious assault ship. (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Navy awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] a $2.4 billion contract modification on Oct. 27 for the detail, design and construction of the fourth America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-9. The Navy previously started awarding long-lead-time material (LLTM) contracts to start LHA-9 work in 2020 (Defense Daily, May 1, 2020) and HII most recently won a $114 million LLTM award for the future ship almost a year ago (Defense Daily, Nov. 22, 2021). The service cumulatively awarded HII about $651 million…

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