The Navy recently awarded General Dynamics NAASCO a contract to begin procuring materials for the fifth Expeditionary Mobile Base, the final ship in that class the service plans on purchasing. The $106 million contract, awarded on May 31, is for the procurement of long lead time material and engineering support for ESB-5, formerly called the Afloat Forward Staging Base, according to the Defense Department contracts announcement. "This action allows the procurement of ship sets of the purchase specifications supporting integrated...
