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Contract Award: UPDATE: Contract announcements for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) Bath Maine (N00024-23-C-2305) on Aug. 1 2023; and Huntington Ingalls Inc. Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII Ingalls) Pascagoula (Mississippi (N00024-23-C-2307) on Aug. 11, 2023) – $14,580,817,751.

UPDATE: Contract announcements for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW), Bath, Maine (N00024-23-C-2305) on Aug. 1, 2023; and Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII Ingalls), Pascagoula, Mississippi (N00024-23-C-2307) on Aug. 11, 2023, for DDG 51 class ship construction did not include funding amounts.  The two firms were awarded fixed-price incentive (firm target) multiyear contracts for construction of 10 DDG 51 class ships totaling $14,580,817,751. GD BIW was awarded three DDG 51 class ships – one each in fiscal 2023, 2024, and 2026. HII Ingalls was awarded seven ships – two in fiscal 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026, and one in 2027. These contracts include options for engineering change proposals, design budgeting requirements, post-delivery availabilities on the awarded firm multiyear ships and options for construction of additional DDG 51 class ships.

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