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Huntington Ingalls Tops DHS Prime Contractor Awardees in FY ‘11

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

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The Department of Homeland Security shelled out $19.9 billion in prime contracts during FY ’11, with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] receiving $1.1 billion of that due to receiving separate contracts for the construction of two National Security Cutters for the Coast Guard. Huntington Ingalls far outpaced the second biggest recipient of prime contract awards, CSC [CSC], which received nearly $506 million for information technology and professional services spread among various agencies with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the largest…

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