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Navy Awards $158M in Amphibious Ship Support Contract Modifications to BAE, General Dynamics, HII Subsidiaries


The U.S. Navy has awarded $158 million in contract modifications to subsidiaries of BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) to perform maintenance work on amphibious ships homeported in San Diego.

BAE™s San Diego Ship Repair unit, HII™s Continental Maritime of San Diego  subsidiary and General Dynamics™ NASSCO business will help the Navy maintain, repair or modernize LPD, LSD, LHA and LHD vessels, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

The modifications exercise a second option period under previously awarded multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts and will run through March 2019.

All three contractors received contract funds worth $120.5 million combined in February of last year to support the military branch’s San Diego-homeported surface combatant ships.

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