HII awarded $7M LX(R) mod pact

Huntington Ingalls Industries of Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $7,023,780 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-2410) for continued LX(R) Amphibious Ship Replacement program acceleration and affordability initiatives. HII-Pascagoula will be required to perform design efforts, special studies, analyses, and reviews in support of the program acceleration and affordability initiatives. The tasking may include efforts related to systems engineering, marine engineering, naval architecture, cost estimating and computer modeling. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, and is expected to be completed by September 2018. FY 2017 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $7,023,780 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD 02/28/18)