Contract: Austal, $14M

Austal USA LLC., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $14,057,992 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for class service efforts for the Littoral Combat Ship program. Austal USA will provide engineering and design services as well as affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs. Work will be performed in Mobile (72 percent) and Pittsfield, Mass. (28 percent), and is expected to be complete by December 2014. Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy and Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $3,984,807 will be obligated at time of award. 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, 12/23/13)