Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded $35 million engineering contract

Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $34.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support services on the U.S. Navy's USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks.

Ingalls Industries said Wednesday the contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $242 million.

"This contract builds on our strong legacy of our partnership with the Navy in the construction and post-delivery of Navy ships," said George Nungesser, Ingalls' program manager for the project.

The contract includes post-delivery planning and engineering, systems integration and engineering support, research engineering, material support, fleet modernization program planning, supply-chain management, maintenance and training for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems.

The San Antonio-class ships are used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies ashore with air-cushion or conventional landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical takeoff and landing aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey.

This story was originally published December 16, 2015 at 6:41 PM with the headline "Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded $35 million engineering contract ."