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Detyens awarded $10.1M contract for USNS Cody PSA

Detyens Shipyards Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $10,135,702 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220525C4061) for a 100-calendar day shipyard availability for a post-shakedown availability (PSA) of the Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport USNS Cody (T-EPF 14).

The PSA contract includes a base period and five unexercised options for additional work and time, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $10,641,148.

Formally handed over to the...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/detyens-awarded-10-1m-contract-for-usns-cody-psa/

Austal USA awards FMD key TAGOS-25 contracts

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), reports that it has received purchase orders from Austal USA covering the supply of critical equipment for the U.S. Navy’s next-generation TAGOS-25 program. The equipment will be supplied by FMD’s American Fan, Federal Equipment Company (FEC), Maxim Watermakers, and Welin Lambie businesses

The TAGOS-25 ocean surveillance ships are designed to support U.S. Navy antisubmarine warfare operations by...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/austal-usa-awards-fmd-key-tagos-25-contracts/

Austal USA gets $48M mod to LCS maintenance contract

Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $48,020,435 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification (P00006) under a previously awarded contract (N40345-22-D-8000) to exercise Option Year Two for emergent repair and continuous maintenance for littoral combat ships deployed to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and the countries and ports therein.

The exercise of this option will bring the current value of the Austal USA contract to $166,427,609. The...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/austal-usa-gets-48m-mod-to-lcs-maintenance-contract/

Austal USA pleads guilty to accounting fraud and obstruction of DoD audit

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Austal USA LLC, a subsidiary of Australian shipbuilder Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) yesterday entered a guilty plea and agreed to pay $24 million to resolve an investigation by the Justice Department related to an accounting fraud scheme and efforts to obstruct the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) during a financial capability audit.

The Justice Department’s criminal resolution was coordinated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-pleads-guilty-to-accounting-fraud-and-obstruction-of-dod-audit/

Austal USA christens EPF 15

With the smash of a champagne bottle on the bow of the ship, Mrs. Elizabeth Asher christened the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) at a ceremony held Saturday at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard.

EPF 15 is the second EPF Flight II ship built by Austal USA.

EPF Flight II provides a Role 2E (enhanced) medical capability which includes, among other capabilities, basic secondary health care built around primary surgery; intensive care unit; ward beds; and limited x-ray, laboratory and dental...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-christens-epf-15/

Austal USA breaks ground on new final assembly facility

Austal USA celebrated groundbreaking for the company’s newest final assembly facility last week. As we reported previously, the infrastructure expansion, to the south of the shipbuilder’s current Mobile, Ala., waterfront facility will include a new assembly building, waterfront improvements, and a new shiplift system. The expansion will enable the erection of large steel modules for Navy and Coast Guard ships. The expansion includes a shiplift that will provide a safe and reliable system to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-breaks-ground-on-new-final-assembly-facility/

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