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Navy/USMC

HII Wins $932 Million Contract For LCS Planning Yard Services

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

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HII Wins $932 Million Contract For LCS Planning Yard Services

Aerial view of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. taken in June 2017. (Photo: HII)

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…

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