
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $114 million undefinitized contract action on Nov. 19 for long-lead time material (LLTM) for the future America-class amphibious assault ship LPH-9. The DoD contract announcement noted this is the sixth LLTM increment awarded to HII under the contract for LHA-9. Work is planned to mostly be split between the Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard (64 percent); Montville, N.J. (seven percent); Mobile, Ala.(five percent); Tulsa, Okla. (five percent); and High Ridge, Mo. (five percent), and…