Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines
Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines
Saturday, 13 February 2021 16:45
According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on February 11, 2021, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $13,435,247 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical design effort to support research and development concept formulation for current and future submarine platforms.
U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN-791) manufactured by Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (Picture source Huntington Ingalls Industries)
This contract procures advanced submarine research and development (R&D) including studies to support assessments, development, design studies and tests; provide on-site engineering, logistics and technical services; and integrate/incorporate technologies for land-based or at-sea tests/demonstrations.