Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., is being
awarded a
$107,591,106 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded
contract
N00024-00-C-2108 for continued CVN 21 pre-system development and design
efforts,
including engineering design and related efforts, for the Future
Aircraft Carrier
Program. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va. (58%), and Groton,
Conn.
(42%), and is expected to be completed by April 2004. Contract funds
will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems
Command,
Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.