PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded $1.43 Billion Contract For The Construction of LPD 29
February 16 2018 - 5:30PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its
Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $1.43 billion,
fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and
construction of LPD 29, the 13th San Antonio-class amphibious
transport dock.
“This contract is further recognition of the confidence the
Navy/Marine Corps team has in the great work our shipbuilders are
doing in the LPD program,” said Ingalls Shipbuilding President
Brian Cuccias. “This efficient work is proven through our hot
production line keeping the work going in the shipyard and through
our nationwide network of suppliers. We are excited to build this
additional ship and in providing our sailors and Marines with the
best amphibious ships in the world.”
A rendering of LPD 29 is available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fid=595654102cfac21a4479c961.
Ingalls has built and delivered 11 San Antonio-class ships. The
11th, Portland (LPD 27), will be commissioned on April 21 in
Portland, Oregon. The 12th, Fort Lauderdale, is under construction
and is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2020. Preliminary
work has begun on LPD 29, and the start of fabrication will take
place later this year.
The San Antonio class is a major part of the Navy’s 21st century
amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long, 105-foot-wide ships
are used to embark and land Marines, their equipment and supplies
ashore via air cushion or conventional landing craft and amphibious
assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical takeoff and
landing aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey.
The ships support a Marine Air Ground Task Force across the
spectrum of operations, conducting amphibious and expeditionary
missions of sea control and power projection to humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief missions throughout the first half
of the 21st century.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Mission Solutions, Nuclear & Environmental,
and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs nearly 38,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:Bill Glennwilliam.glenn@hii-co.com228-327-1671
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