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Navy Modifies Huntington Ingalls Materials Contract

(Press Release)
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Huntington Ingalls, Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded $11,069,510 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2110) to purchase previously planned materials in support of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) construction. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to complete by September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity.
 

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