Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, which is in Pascagoula, has received a $145 million contract from the U.S. Navy.
The contract will provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9.
�This advancement procurement contract will help protect the health of our supplier base and strengthen our efforts to efficiently modernize the nation�s amphibious fleet as we continue to build amphibious ships for the Navy,� Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said.
It is the third contract modification Ingalls has received from the Navy, bringing the total advance funding for LHA 9 to $350 million.
Ingalls is the only builder of large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy.
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