
Last week the U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding an award worth up to $932 million for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) planning yard support, the Navy said on Tuesday. According to the service’s original solicitation, this support is for modernization, including technical, planning, ship configuration, data, and logistics lifetime support efforts required for the in-service LCSs. HII said the contract will provide the LCS program with post-delivery life-cycle support including fleet modernization program planning, design engineering and…