US shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has secured a contract valued at $418m for the maintenance and repair services for shipboard-based elevators across US Navy’s aircraft carriers and amphibious ships.
The five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract was granted by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).
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Under the contract, HII’s Mission Technologies division is tasked with engineering and technical repair services for elevators, cargo handling equipment, and related systems installed on naval vessels.
The division will also carry out sailor training to increase crew self-sufficiency and deploy rapid response fly-away teams to locations worldwide for maintenance and repairs.
The scope of work will include activities within the continental US, outside of it, and at forward-deployed positions globally.
HII Mission Technologies’ Global Security group president Michael Lempke said: “Ensuring that essential operational systems — including shipboard elevators — run reliably is central to meeting the readiness needs of our US sailors and Marines.
“We look forward to applying four decades of Elevator Support Unit experience to safeguard the performance of these systems and ensure they are reliable, resilient and fully capable of supporting the fleet.”
HII’s Mission Technologies has more than 40 years of experience in Elevator Support Units to the project, applying lessons from past operations to maintain consistent quality and rapid response for the Navy’s fleet.
The company states that the work will support operational readiness across a significant portion of the US Navy’s assets.
In April this year, HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a $283m contract from the US Navy to support FF(X) frigate lead yard activities.
