Leadership change at VT Bollinger

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Paul J. Albert has been appointed as president and CEO of VT Bollinger, effective immediately, according to a company release. Albert, who joined VT Bollinger as senior vice president of production in 2002, was named chief operation officer in...

Contract: HII, $1.4B

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $1,463,276,000 fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-16-C-2431) for the procurement of the detail design and construction of USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28). Work...

Ingalls delivers cutter

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula delivered the National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) to the Coast Guard on Dec. 16. Munro is scheduled to sail away in February and is to be commissioned in Seattle,...

Contract: HII, $51M

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $51,047,637 cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract N0024-16-C-2415 to exercise option year one for life cycle engineering and support (LCE&S) services for the LPD 17 class...

Contract: Raytheon, $34.3M

Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $34,259,681 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-15-C-2414 to exercise option year two for life cycle engineering and support (LCE&S) services for LPD 17 class integrated...

Contract: Multiple, $330M

MOWA-Barlovento LLC JV, Gautier, Miss., is among the companies named in a combined $330 million multi-award, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contractors will compete for design, construction, and engineering activities...

DDG 117 launched

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding launched Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), the company’s 31st Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyer, on Nov. 12. , the company said in a nced in a Nov. 16 release. Paul Ignatius was moved via Ingalls’ rail car system to...

Contract: $43.6M

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $43,569,211 fixed-price incentive (firm target), undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-13-C-2307 for long lead time material and associated non-recurring...

Finn completes sea trials

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Ingalls Shipbuilding said it successfully completed the third and final round of sea trials for the guided missile destroyer John Finn (DDG 113). The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico testing the ship’s various...

LHA-8 named by Mabus

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Nov. 9 that the next amphibious assault ship would be named after Bougainville Island in the Solomons, the location of a strategic WWII battle. The future Bougainville (LHA-8) will be the third America-class ship and the first Flight...

Contract: Lockheed, $60.9M

Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $60,930,793 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-5104 to exercise option year three for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) for AWS...

Contract: HII, $9.6M

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $9,635,835 cost-plus-award-fee order against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-16-G-2303 to provide program management, advanced planning, engineering, design, material...