Austal-West pact for LCS 18

MOBILE Ala. - The Navy awarded Austal USA a $21,529,121 order on Oct. 30 to perform planned post delivery services on the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS 18). Austal’s west coast operations team will perform the work in Seattle, Wash., with services scheduled to be completed by September 2020. “The fact we’ve received our third LCS post shakedown availability contract in less than 11 months is a testament to our services team and the great work they’re doing to support the Navy’s small surface combatant fleet,” said Craig Perciavalle, president of Austal USA. (Austal USA 10/31/19) Austal builds all Independence-class LCS at its Mobile shipyard.