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HII Wins $687 Million for Early CVN-78 Ship Repair Work

HII Wins $687 Million for Early CVN-78 Ship Repair Work
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is maneuvered by tugboats in the James River during Ford's turn ship evolution during its post-shakedown availability in March 2019 at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $687 million contract on Wednesday for early service life period work on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). The contract announcement said this award aims to support ship repair and modernization during continuous incremental availabilities, planned incremental availabilities, full-ship shock trials, and continuous maintenance and emergent maintenance during the ship's early service life period. The contract covers five ordering periods lasting a total 60 months with $687 million being the maximum order…

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