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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Austal $516 Million To Finish First New T-AGOS 25 Ocean Surveillance Ship

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

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Navy Awards Austal $516 Million To Finish First New T-AGOS 25 Ocean Surveillance Ship

Illustration of the T-AGOS-25 auxiliary ocean surveillance ship. (Image: Austal USA)

The Navy awarded Austal USA a $516 million contract modification on May 30, exercising an option for ordering long-lead time material and to continue/complete detail design and construction (DD&C) work on the first T-AGOS 25 class ocean surveillance ship. Last year, the Navy awarded Austal a contract starting at $114 million to start DD&C work, but with options worth up to $3.2 billion for the planned seven ships in the class (Defense Daily, May 19, 2023). According to a Congressional Research…

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