HII Awarded $118M Contract for Submarine from U.S. Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract option valued at $118.9 million from the U.S. Navy. The contract option is for work on Los Angeles-class, Seawolf-class, Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities and related programs. NNS is the prime contractor for the work, which will include engineering, design, configuration management, integrated logistic support, database management and modernization support. Work is expected to begin immediately and continue through September 2012. "Maintaining an optimal fleet for the U.S. Navy is our commitment, and we take pride in not only building the world's most advanced submarines, but also maintaining them throughout their service life," said Jim Hughes, NNS' vice president, Submarines and Fleet Support.