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U.S. Navy awards Huntington Ingalls $724.3M yard support contract

The shipbuilder will undertake technical support for amphibious transport and assault ships in the U.S. and Japan.
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The U.S. Navy has selected Huntington Ingalls to undertake a shipyard technical support contract in Mississippi.

The deal has a hybrid structure, which includes options that if exercised would take the total value of the contract to $724.3 million.

Huntington will undertake yard support for various amphibious transport and assault ships, and will also undertake on-site technical support for naval operations in Florida, Virginia, California, and Japan.

The work is expected to be completed by May 2028.

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Huntington is the U.S.’s largest military shipbuilder and was formed in 2011 as a spin-off of Northrop Grumman. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HII.

John Hewitt Jones

Written by John Hewitt Jones

John is the managing editor of FedScoop, and was previously a reporter at Institutional Investor in New York City. He has a master’s degree in social policy from the London School of Economics and his writing has appeared in The Scotsman and The Sunday Times of London newspapers.

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