HII LPD mod pact: $11M

Huntington Ingalls Industries of Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded an $11,071,294 fixed-price incentive modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-16-C-2431 to provide updates to combat systems and other electronic infrastructure for amphibious transport dock ships LPD 28 and LPD 29. This modification updates the specification for the networks hardware matrix, the top level functional interface requirements and functions, parameters characteristics. This change updates locations of fiber optic interconnection boxes, blown optical tube routing, and Consolidated Afloat Network & Enterprise Services (CANES) cabinets, locations and quantities of drop boxes, nomenclature of CANES cabinets, adds navigation data distribution system connections, deletes small tactical unmanned aerial system, communications external ancillary module, and direction, range and distance connections, updates hull, mechanical and electrical/navigation connection details, and updates path traces. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by June 2022. FY 2016 and 2017 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding in the amount of $11,071,294 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair Gulf Coast of Pascagoula, Miss., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 12/20/18)