Contract: Textron, $212.7M

Textron Inc., New Orleans, La., is being awarded a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract for the detail design and construction of a ship to shore connector test and training craft and technical manuals. The program, the replacement for the existing fleet of landing craft, air cushion vehicles, which are nearing the end of their service life, is an air-cushioned vehicle designed for a 30-year service life. The ship to shore connector mission is to land surface assault elements in support of operational maneuver from the sea, at over-the-horizon distances, while operating from amphibious ships and mobile landing platforms. This contract includes options that would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $570,451,044. Work will be done in New Orleans, La. (59 percent); Camden, N.J. (26 percent); Great Britain (6 percent); St Louis, Mo. (3 percent); Indianapolis, Ind. (3 percent); and Eatontown, N.J., (3 percent). Work is expected to be completed by February 2017. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 07/06/12)