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COVID-19

Navy Awards HII $1.5 billion For LPD-31 Work, Accelerated For Pandemic

Friday, April 3rd, 2020

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Navy Awards HII $1.5 billion For LPD-31 Work, Accelerated For Pandemic

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The Navy on Friday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $1.5 billion modification to procure the detail design and construction of Landing Platform Dock (LPD)-31 as it accelerates awards to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The contract announcement noted this award covers the detail design and construction of LPD-31, the second San Antonio-class LPD-17 Flight II ship. This will be the 15th ship in the LPD-17 amphibious transport dock class overall. Work will mostly occur at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yard…

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