Contract: Austal, $8.2M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., was awarded an $8,247,342 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) on Nov. 27 to exercise an option for littoral combat ship (LCS) core class services. Austal USA will assess engineering and production challenges as well as evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs. Work will be done in Mobile (60 percent) and Pittsfield, Mass. (40 percent), and is expected to be complete by November 2014. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/02/13)