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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded $825 Million Contract for T-AKE Ship Construction

USNS Lewis and ClarkGeneral Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has been awarded an $824.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the construction of two T-AKE dry cargo-ammunition ships.

Announced by the Department of Defense on February 26, the contract provides full funding to NASSCO for the construction of T-AKE 13, the future USNS Medgar Evers, and T-AKE 14, the unnamed final ship of the Lewis and Clark class.

In December 2008, NASSCO received a $200 million contract to purchase the engines and other long lead materials for these ships.

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