Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., is one of six shipbuilders in early contention to develop a large crew-less Navy warship. In a DoD contract award on Sept. 4, HII-Pascagoula, Fincantieri Marinette (Wis.) Marine, Lockheed Martin Corp., Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., Gibbs & Cox Inc. - HQ’d in Virginia, but with an operations facility in New Orleans - and Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., were each being awarded a firm-fixed price contract for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel with a combined value across all awards of $41,985,112. Each contract includes an option for engineering support, that if exercised, would bring the cumulative value for all awards to $59,476,146. Award dollars to Huntington Ingalls $7M; Lockheed Martin $6,999,978; Bollinger Shipyards $6,996,832; Marinette Marine $6,999,783; Gibbs & Cox Inc. is $6,989,499; and Austal $6,999,020. The shipbuilders are to develop a prototype for a 200-to-300-foot unmanned ship with focus being on low-cost, reconfigurable designs with capabilities to attack both land and sea targets. (Source: Green Bay, Wis., Press Gazette 10/01/20 and DoD contracts 09/04/20) Work will be performed in various locations in the contiguous U.S. and is expected to be complete by August 2021. If option(s) are exercised, work is expected to be complete by May 2022. FY 2020 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount $41,985,112 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities (now beta.SAM.gov) with eight offers received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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