PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Aug. 3 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., has received a $165.5M cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract from the Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for amphibious transport dock ship LPD 30 - the first Flight II LPD. “This is a significant milestone as we embark toward a new flight of LPDs,” said Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias. Flight II LPDs will meet the requirements and needs of the Navy-Marine Corps team. Ingalls has a vendor base of some 400 companies in 30 states that will be involved in the LPD Flight II program. Ingalls already has delivered 11 of these San Antonio-class (LPD 17) ships to the Navy. Two more ships are under construction. (Source: HII 08/03/18)
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