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Austal misses out on new $1.3 billion Navy frigate contract

Posted by Dale Liesch | May 1, 2020 | Latest, News | 0 |

Mobile’s Austal USA facility lost its bid to build a new ship for the U.S.Navy, the company confirmed in a statement Thursday evening, acknowledging it had lost a $1.3 billion contract to build a new guided missile frigate, CEO Craig Perciavalle said in the statement.

“Despite our extreme disappointment over this outcome, we have a portfolio of other opportunities that we continue to pursue in addition to our backlog of [Expeditionary Fast Transports] and [Littoral Combat Ships] work that extends through 2024, including EPF variants and unmanned surface vessels,” he said. “We have great facilities and an even greater workforce and we are committed to continuing to build highly capable and cost effective ships for the U.S. Navy.”

Instead of Austal, the Navy awarded the contract to Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin, according to a Navy statement.

“The Navy’s Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) will be an important part of our future fleet,” Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday,” said in a statement. “FFG(X) is the evolution of the Navy’s Small Surface Combatant with increased lethality, survivability, and improved capability to support the National Defense Strategy across the full range of military operations. It will no doubt help us conduct distributed maritime operations more effectively, and improve our ability to fight both in contested blue-water and littoral environments.”

The Navy released the FFG(X) DD&C Request for Proposals to industry on June 20, 2019. Technical proposals were received in August 2019 and cost proposals were received in September 2019. This was a full and open competition with multiple offers received.

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Mountain Brook, member of the Armed Services Committee, said he was “disappointed” in the decision not to award the contract to Austal.

“Austal is the only U.S. shipbuilder providing ships to the Navy on time and on budget right now,” the statement read. It is my understanding that this award is for the first 10 of a potential 20-ship buy, and I am confident that if Austal chooses to compete for future awards, the Navy will find Austal to be the best choice.”

In a statement, Mayor Sandy Stimpson said his office was “disappointed,” but “respected” the Navy’s decision.

“Austal is more than just a great shipbuilder, they are also a great corporate citizen and their skilled workforce is a true national asset,” he said in the statement. “Their future remains bright in Mobile.”

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Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, City Council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in the Oakleigh neighborhood of Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.

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