Contract: Austal USA, $19.7M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $19,692,295 modification to previously awarded contract to exercise options for special studies, analyses, review and class service efforts for the Littoral Combat Ship program. This effort will assess engineering and production challenges and evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (72 percent) and Pittsfield, Mass. (28 percent). Work is expected to be complete by March 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 03/14/12)