Ingalls awarded DDG mod pact

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, was awarded a $602 million Navy contract modification to fund construction of the as-yet-to-be-named Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG 119). The ship is the second of five DDG 51s that Ingalls was awarded in June 2013. The modification also includes an additional $79.4 million in advance procurement for future destroyers. Source: HII, 03/17/14.