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Navy Awards Huntington Ingalls $4.3 Billion In Contracts For CVN 79 Work

Pat Host

Friday, June 5th, 2015

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Navy Awards Huntington Ingalls $4.3 Billion In Contracts For CVN 79 Work

A composite photo illustration representing the Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). Illustration: Huntington Ingalls.

The Navy on Friday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] two contracts totaling nearly $4.3 billion for work on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), according to a Defense Department statement.The service awarded a $3.3 billion fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract for all remaining detail design and construction (DD&C) efforts for the aircraft carrier. This new contract award, along with the other contract awarded Friday, will provide all design and construction services and material for the construction of CVN-79, including necessary…

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