The Navy selected a Textron-led team to build the Ship-to-Shore Connector and awarded the team a contract worth $212 million for detail design and construction of the craft, the Defense Department announced today. If all options are exercised, the contract would be worth up to $570.5 million, according to a July 6 DOD contract announcement. Textron beat out a bid by a Marinette Marine-led team to build the SSC, which will replace the Navy's aging fleet of Landing Craft, Air...
