
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $3 billion fixed-price-incentive contract modification to build the amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA-8), the company and Defense Department said Friday.This is a modification to a previously awarded competitive contract to exercise options for the procurement of the detail, design, and construction of the Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) Replacement (LHA(R)) Flight 1 amphibious assault ship LHA-8.HII was picked to build LHA-8 in June 2016. At the time, Jay…