Huntington Ingalls Secures $9.8M Navy Mod for America-Class LHA 8 Design

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $9,767,295 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2427 to definitize engineering change proposals for the detail design and construction of one Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) replacement America-class Flight 1 ship (LHA 8). Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (83%); Brunswick, Georgia (12%); Pelham, Alabama (4%); and Tulsa, Oklahoma (1%), and is expected to be completed by September 2026. No funding will be obligated at time of award. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.