
The Navy awarded HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $1.3 billion modification for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the third San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32. This is the last LPD currently on the Navy’s schedule, with the recently released fiscal year 2024 budget request seeking no funds for future LPDs (Defense Daily, March 13, 2023). During the McAleese FY 2024 Defense Programs Conference in March, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday confirmed the Office…