Huntington Ingalls has received a $109.4mln contract modification to carry out support services for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines.
The company will work to engineer, design, configure and update various classes of submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, support facilities and submarines for foreign military sales programs, the Defense Department said.
Huntington Ingalls will perform work in Newport News, Virginia through September 2017.
Support services will be provided for Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio-class submarines; special mission submersible interfaces; and submarine support facilities. The contract also involves potential foreign military sales programs.
Recently, Huntington Ingalls won another contract worth $57.9 million from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command of District of Columbia to execute maintenance, up gradation and modernization of the USS Columbus (SSN 762) submarine during its redevelopment period.
Cumulative value of the contract would be $288.6 million if the options included in the contract are exercised.
The company is the sole designer and manufacturer of nuclear-powered aircraft in the U.S. Over 70% of the active U.S. Navy fleet consists of Huntington Ingalls ships.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, assembles, overhauls and repairs boats for the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. The Organization is the designer, builder and refueler of nuclear powered aircraft carriers, the contractor of amphibious assault and expeditionary warfare boats for the United States Navy and also the exclusive builder of National Security Cutters for the United States Coast Guard.