Contract: Austal, $368.6M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $368,592,125 modification to previously awarded contract to contractually authorize fiscal 2011 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) construction. Fifty-one percent of the work will be done in Mobile and two percent in New Orleans. Other work will be done in Pittsfield, Mass., Cincinnati, Ohio, Baltimore, Md., Burlington, Vt., and various other locations. Work is expected to be complete by October 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/17/11)