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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Multiple Award Contracts To Sustain LCS In San Diego

Thursday, March 1st, 2018

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Navy Awards Multiple Award Contracts To Sustain LCS In San Diego

The USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) sailing out of San Diego in route to Singapore in 2014. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded numerous multiple-award contracts (MAC) to support sustainment for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) based in San Diego on Wednesday.The Navy awarded MACs to BAE Systems, Vigor Marine LLC, General Dynamics [GD] National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), Marine Group Boat Works LLC, Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication Inc., and East Coast Repair and Fabrication. The first awards for helping maintain San Diego-based ships are called MAC I and have a ceiling of $250 million.The…

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