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Coast Guard Awards Huntington Ingalls $930 Million To Build Two NSCs

Coast Guard Awards Huntington Ingalls $930 Million To Build Two NSCs
The fiscal year 2020 defense dill directs the establishment of at least one strategic port in the Arctic to help enable operations by Navy and Coast Guard ships, including the National Security Cutter. Shown here is the James, the fifth NSC, after interdicting a low profile vessel carrying cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Oct. 22, 2018. Photo: Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray

The Coast Guard before Christmas awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a contract option to build the 10th and 11th National Security Cutters (NSCs), the last two high-endurance cutters that Congress has provided funding for.The award value for the 10th ship was $468.8 million and $462.1 million for the 11th. Funding was provided under the fiscal year 2018 appropriation, which included $1.2 billion overall for the NSC program.The 418-foot NSCs are replacing 378-foot Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters. Congress is debating whether to…

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