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USA: Huntington Ingalls Bags USD 99 Million Contract for 11th LPD Class Ship

The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $98 million cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification for long-lead materials for LPD 27, the 11th amphibious transport dock ship of the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class. The work, which will be conducted by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, will include the purchase of long-lead-time materials […]

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Russia’s deadly marine disaster

President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered sweeping inspections of Russia’s aging fleet of civilian ships after more than 100 people—including dozens of children—were feared dead when an allegedly overloaded Volga River cruise ship sank in a thunderstorm on Sunday, in the country’s worst marine accident in 25 years. “It’s already clear that this disaster couldn’t […]