Southwest Marine Gets Contract

Southwest Marine Inc., of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,006,087 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract to exercise an option for the post shakedown availability of the USS Howard (DDG 83). Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by April 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.