Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been awarded a $272 million fixed-price-incentive U.S. Navy contract for the planning, advanced engineering and procurement of long lead time material in support of the sea service's next America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-8.

The contract includes options that, if exercised would bring the cumulative contract value to $3.1 billion.

Work will be performed in Mississippi, Wisconsin, California, Pennsylvania and Georgia, among other locations.

Work is expected to be completed by June 2017.

The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity.

America-class amphibious assault ships resemble a small aircraft carrier and can accommodate vertical/short take-off and landing, short take-off vertical landing, vertical take-off and landing as well as tilt-rotor and rotary wing aircraft operations.

The ships transport and land Marine Expeditionary Unit element and a combination of aircraft and landing craft.

General Dynamics NASSCO wins $640 million Navy oiler contract
Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2016 - National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a division of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $640 million contract for the lead ship of the U.S. Navy's John Lewis-class T-AO 205 fleet replenishment oiler.

The deal for the lead ship also includes a fix-price-incentive block buy contract for the detail design and construction of six of the ships.

The contract includes line items for five follow ships and options for special studies, engineering and industrial services, provisioned item orders, contract design support, cost reduction and implementation and other direct costs.

If all options are exercised and authorized, the cumulative value of the contract will be $3.1 billion.

Work will be performed in California, Michigan, Virginia, Mexico, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Oregon and Massachusetts.

Lead ship work is expected to be completed by July 2020, with work for the following ships expected to be done by July 2025.

The ship is designed to transfer fuel to surface ships and have the capacity to carry 156,000 barrels of oil, including the Navy's new bio fuels, National Steel and Shipbuilding said.

The ships will also sport a significant dry cargo capacity, aviation capability and will be able to reach 20 knots.