SD firm awarded LPD 26 pact

BAE Systems San Diego (Calif.) Ship Repair was awarded a $21,234,688 contract for the fitting-out availability and post shakedown availability of the Amphibious Landing Platform Dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). Specific efforts include program management, planning, engineering, design, liaison, scheduling, labor and procurement of incidental material in support of the availabilities. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $61,107,878. Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by September 2017. (Source: DOD 06/09/16) LPD 26 was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., and christened in March 2015.