HII wins a $1.3 billion contract to construct LPD 32, an amphibious cargo dock.

HII ?nn??nc?? th?t its In??lls Shi???il?in? ?ivisi?n h?s ??c?iv?? ? $1.3 ?illi?n m??i?ic?ti?n t? ? ???vi??sl? ?w????? c?nt??ct ???m th? U.S. N?v? ??? th? ???c???m?nt ?? th? ??t?il ??si?n ?n? c?nst??cti?n ?? S?n Ant?ni?-cl?ss ?m?hi?i??s t??ns???t ??ck LPD 32. Th? ??s?ltin? ?ix??-??ic?-inc?ntiv? c?nt??ct t?t?ls $1.54 ?illi?n. Th? shi? will ?? th? 16th in th? S?n Ant?ni? cl?ss ?n? th? thi?? Fli?ht II LPD. In J?n? 2022, In??lls Shi???il?in? w?s ?w????? ? $240 milli?n ??v?nc? ???c???m?nt c?nt??ct ??? LPD 32 ???m th? N?v? t? ???vi?? l?n?-l???-tim? m?t??i?l ?n? ??v?nc? c?nst??cti?n ?ctiviti?s. Th? ??n?s ???m this c?nt??ct ?ll?w?? In??lls t? ???in ???ch?sin? l?n?-l??? tim? m?t??i?l ?n? m?j?? ???i?m?nt ?c??ss ? s???li?? n?tw??k ?? n???l? 400 c?m??ni?s in 30 st?t?s.

“O?? shi???il???s ??? ???ic?t?? t? ??liv??in? th?s? shi?s t? ??? N?v? ?n? M??in? C???s ???tn??s, h?vin? ??n? s? ??? ?v?? tw? ??c???s,” In??lls Shi???il?in? P??si??nt K??i Wilkins?n s?i?. “This ??????m is st??n? ?n? h?s ?n??l?? th? D????tm?nt ?? N?v? ?n? In??lls t? ?st??lish ? ???mi???l? c????ilit? ??s?? ?n ? m?t??? ??si?n, ?n ?v??-inc???sin?l? ???ici?nt ?????cti?n lin?, ?n? ? t??m ?? shi???il???s th?t k??? th? N?v?’s c?itic?l in??st?i?l ??s? n?tw??k ?c??ss th? c??nt?? st??n?.”

In??lls Shi???il?in? is th? s?l? ??il??? ?? th? ?nti?? S?n Ant?ni? cl?ss ?? shi?s ?n? c????ntl? h?s th??? LPDs ?n??? c?nst??cti?n, incl??in? Rich??? M. McC??l (LPD 29); H???is???? (LPD 30), th? ?i?st Fli?ht II LPD; ?n? Pitts????h (LPD 31), which ????n ????ic?ti?n in S??t?m??? 2022. LPD Fli?ht II is th? n?xt ??n???ti?n ?m?hi?i??s shi? t? ???l?c? Whi???? Isl?n? (LSD 41) ?n? H?????s F???? (LSD 49) cl?ss?s ?? ??ck l?n?in? shi?s. Am?hi?i??s t??ns???t ??cks ??? ? m?j?? ???t ?? th? N?v?’s 21st c?nt??? ?x???iti?n??? ???c?, ???l???? with ? U.S. M??in? C???s Ai?-G???n? T?sk F??c? ??? ?m?hi?i??s ?n? ?x???iti?n??? c?isis ??s??ns? ?????ti?ns th?t ??n?? ???m ??t????nc? ?n? j?int-???c? ?n??l?m?nt t? h?m?nit??i?n ?ssist?nc? ?n? ?is?st?? ??li??.

Th? S?n Ant?ni? cl?ss is ? cl?ss ?? ?m?hi?i??s t??ns???t ??cks, ?ls? c?ll?? ? “l?n?in? ?l?t???m, ??ck” (LPD), ?s?? ?? th? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. Th?s? w??shi?s ???l?c? th? A?stin-cl?ss LPDs (incl??in? Cl?v?l?n? ?n? T??nt?n s??-cl?ss?s), ?s w?ll ?s th? N?w???t-cl?ss t?nk l?n?in? shi?s, th? Anch?????-cl?ss ??ck l?n?in? shi?s, ?n? th? Ch??l?st?n-cl?ss ?m?hi?i??s c???? shi?s th?t h?v? ?l????? ???n ??ti???. Th? S?n Ant?ni? cl?ss is ? cl?ss ?? ?m?hi?i??s t??ns???t ??cks, ?ls? c?ll?? ? “l?n?in? ?l?t???m, ??ck” (LPD), ?s?? ?? th? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. Th?s? w??shi?s ???l?c? th? A?stin-cl?ss LPDs, ?s w?ll ?s th? N?w???t-cl?ss t?nk l?n?in? shi?s, th? Anch?????-cl?ss ??ck l?n?in? shi?s, ?n? th? Ch??l?st?n-cl?ss ?m?hi?i??s c???? shi?s th?t h?v? ?l????? ???n ??ti???.