‘CHAMP’ award to VTHM: $2.9M

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine, a company of ST Engineering North America, was one of four firms to be awarded contracts from the Naval Sea Systems Command under the Common Hull Auxiliary Mission Platform (CHAMP). VT Halter Marine’s contract award was nearly $2.9M. In 2018, the Navy implemented the CHAMP study to find a replacement for several types of auxiliary ships, which were approaching end-of-service lives – hospital ships, command and control ships, submarine tender and aviation logistics ships, and sealift ships. (Source: VT Halter Marine 07/11/19)