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 by Brooke Baitinger Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2018
Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a contract in support of new material for the USS Enterprise, a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will allow the company to produce new long lead time material for the U.S. Navy ship. The contract comes under the terms of a not-to-exceed $200 million undefinitized fixed-price, incentive firm target modification to a previously awarded contract for continued design and fabrication on the ship. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia and is expected to be completed be February 2027. Fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion funding amounting to more than $200 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the year.
Australia awards $26 bn next-gen warship contract to BAE Sydney (AFP) June 29, 2018 Australia awarded a $26 billion contract to build a new generation of warships to British defence giant BAE Systems on Friday, as the Pacific nation undertakes an ambitious naval programme in part to counter China. BAE's Global Combat Ship, to be officially known as the Hunter class, beat off competition from Italian company Fincantieri and Spain's Navantia SA. The frigates will be "the most advanced anti-submarine warships in the world" and underpin the country's security for decades to come, ... read more
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