Contract: Swiftships, $181M

Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $180,998,189 fixed-price letter contract for the detail design and construction of nine patrol boats and associated equipment and services for the Iraq Navy. The contract is for nine Swiftships model 35PB1208E-1455 patrol boats along with six 30mm gun weapons systems, machine gun mounts and cradles, spare parts, and contractor engineering technical services. Sixty percent of the work will be performed in Morgan City, La., and 8 percent in Ocean Springs, Miss. Other work sites are Detroit, Mich., and Charlottesville, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/25/09)