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Navy Issues RFI For Common Hull Auxiliary Sealift Ship Featuring Modules, Will Hold Industry Day

Navy Issues RFI For Common Hull Auxiliary Sealift Ship Featuring Modules, Will Hold Industry Day
The Military Sealift Command, dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) steams by while conducting an underway replenishment with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy on Monday  issued a Request for Information (RFI) and announced an Industry Day to help develop the replacement for the service’s old sealift and auxiliary ships.The notice, posted to FedBizzOpps, said the program manager for the Strategic and Theater Sealift Program Office (PMS-385) is conducting market research as it develops the requirements for new replacement strategic sealift and auxiliary ships.Relatedly, last month the House Armed Services Subcommittee on seapower and projection forces noted in its draft mark for…

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