Contract: Northrop, $213.8M

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $213,772,399 modification to previously awarded contract for the procurement of long lead time materials in support of LPD 26, the tenth LPD 17 Class ship. The Navy is modifying the contract for advanced procurement/manufacture, inspection, test, storage and maintenance of LLTM items and accomplishment of preconstruction activities to support the orderly construction of LPD 26. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by December 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 06/23/09)