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Austal USA Awarded US$14 Million In Additional LCS Sustainment Orders.
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USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and USS Omaha (LCS 12) at Austal USA |
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The cost-plus
contract modifications exercise options for post-delivery support of Littoral
Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Littoral Combat Ship USS
Omaha (LCS 12). Work will be performed at Austal’s shipyard in Mobile,
Alabama. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia,
is the contracting activity. Austal has a US$3.5 billion block-buy contract from the U.S. Navy to build 10 Littoral Combat Ships and a separate US$1.6 billion block-buy contract from the U.S Navy to build 10 Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels (EPF). Seven LCS and three EPF are currently under construction in Austal’s Mobile, Alabama, ship manufacturing facility. |
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