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Navy Awards General Dynamics Contract For LCS-4

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Monday, May 4th, 2009

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The Navy Friday awarded General Dynamics [GD]-Bath Iron Works a fixed price contract to construct one Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)-named Coronado and designated LCS-4, according to the Navy. The Coronado will be built at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The construction contract's value is considered source-selection sensitive information because the price of the FY '09 ship is linked to the ongoing competitive solicitation for FY '10 ships, the Navy said. Coronado is expected to cost less than…

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