Contract: Ingalls, $2.4B

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $2,381,448,356 modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract for detail design and construction of the Navy's next large-deck amphibious assault ship LHA 7, including crew familiarization, technical manuals, and engineering and post-delivery industrial services. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss. (92.5 percent); Charlottesville, Va. (2.4 percent); Beloit, Wis. (1.5 percent); Ocean Springs, Miss. (1.4 percent); Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (1.2 percent); and Brunswick, Ga. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2018. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 05/31/12)