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HII Wins $3 Billion Contract To Build Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville

Monday, June 19th, 2017

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HII Wins $3 Billion Contract To Build Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville

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

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…

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