US Navy Orders Fourth America Class Amphibious Assault Ship

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded an $187,469,732 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action for long lead time material and associated engineering and design activities in support of one Amphibious Assault Ship Replacement (LHA(R)) Flight 1 Ship and LHA 9. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (33%); Beloit, Wisconsin (23%); Brunswick, Georgia (21%); King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (11%); York, Pennsylvania (10%); Brampton, Ontario, Canada (1%); and Hurahan, Louisiana (1%). Work to be performed is the procurement of long lead time material for LHA 9, the fourth LHA (R) America Class and the second LHA(R) Flight 1 ship. Work is expected to be complete by February 2024. Fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion, (Navy) funding in the amount of $187,469,732 will be obligated at award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-20-C-2437).

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27 October, 2022

US Navy Awards $2.41 Billion Contract to Huntington Ingalls for the Construction of LHA 9 Amphibious Assault Ship

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