General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., also known as NASSCO, has been awarded a $98 million contract for work on the USS Harpers Ferry, according to the Pentagon.

The contract funds maintenance, modernization and repair work on the Harpers Ferry, the lead ship of her class of amphibious warships for the U.S. Navy, under a docking phased maintenance availability.

The ship is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and returned to its home port in San Diego, Calif., in November after seven months on a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th fleet area of operations.

"This is a 'long-term' availability and was solicited on a coast wide -- West coast -- basis without limiting the place of performance to the vessel's homeport," the Navy said in a contract announcement Thursday. "NASSCO will provide the facilities and human resources capable of completing, coordinating and integrating multiple areas of ship maintenance, repair and modernization for USS Harpers Ferry."

The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the total value of the contract to $119 million.

Work will be performed during a long-term availability in San Diego. The overhaul has an expected completion date of December 2020.

BAE awarded $175M contract for modernization of USS Vicksburg
Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2020 - BAE Systems has been awarded a $175 million contract for modernization work on the USS Vicksburg, the Department of Defense announced.

Under the deal, BAE will provide facilities and human resources for multiple areas of ship maintenance, repair and modernization for the the Vicksburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that has been in service since 1992.

The full $175 million was obligated at the time of the contract, with $134 million of that funding due to expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Navy officials had planned to retire the Vicksburg, along with other Ticonderoga-class ships, in 2013, but it was instead phased into modernization and repair work in 2016.

Work on the Vicksburg will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by March 2021.

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