The Navy has awarded two companies long-awaited contracts worth a combined value of about $6.3 billion for dock landing ship replacement design as well as detail, design and construction of the LHA-8 and the fleet oiler replacement. General Dynamics NASSCO was awarded a fixed-price incentive firm-target block-buy contract for the DD&C of six John Lewis T-AO-205-class fleet replenishment oilers. TAO-205 is formally known as T-AO(X). "The award amount is $640,206,756 for the fiscal year 2016 lead ship, and if appropriated,...
