Contract: Austal USA, $166.9M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $166,881,824 modification to previously awarded contract to exercise the construction option for Joint High Speed Vessel 10. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (48 percent), Pittsfield, Mass. (9 percent), Franklin, Mass. (3 percent), Philadelphia, Pa. (3 percent), Henderson, Western Australia. (3 percent), Atlanta, Ga. (2 percent), Chicago, Ill. (2 percent), Gulfport, Miss. (2 percent), Slidell, La. (1 percent), Iron Mountain, Mich. (1 percent), Houston, Texas (1 percent), Dallas, Texas (1 percent), Chesapeake, Va. (1 percent), Milwaukee, Wis. (1 percent), Brookfield, Wis. (1 percent), and various sites inside and outside the United States each below one percent (21 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2017. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/20/12)