The Navy late last week quietly announced it has selected Ingalls Shipbuilding to build the dock landing ship replacement beginning with LPD-30. Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, pitched its San Antonio-class Flight II to fulfill the Navy's LX(R) requirement. "As the designer, builder, and life-cycle engineering and support provider of the entire San Antonio Class Flight I, HII is the only source with requisite knowledge and experience required to construct the lead ship of the San Antonio...
