BAE Systems wins modernization deal for littoral combat ship St. Louis

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    "title": "BAE Systems wins modernization deal for littoral combat ship St. Louis - The Defence Blog",
    "excerpt": "The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems’ Jacksonville ship repair business a $66.5 million contract to dry-dock and overhaul the littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) in Mayport, Florida, with work due to finish by December 2027. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract on Oct. 28, and options could raise its value to $80.7 million. Of the $66.5 million obligated at award, $58.8 million comes from fiscal 2027 U.S. Navy other procurement funds, $7.5 million from fiscal 2026 funds and $234,355 from fiscal 2025 money. The Navy ran the competition as full and open and received two offers. The announcement does not list the systems to be repaired or modernized, and it does not say when the ship will enter dry dock. A docking selected restricted availability is depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification work done while the ship sits in dry dock, scheduled by the Chief of Naval Operations. Under the contract, BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Jacksonville supplies the labor, supervision, equipment, facilities, production, testing and quality assurance for the job. The ship left Naval Station Mayport on Sept. 13 to take over U.S. Northern Command’s maritime mission along the southern border , relieving USS Cooperstown (LCS 23), and stopped in Nassau, Bahamas, on Sept. 21. It flew the same mission in a surge deployment that ended on Nov. 10, 2025. The...",
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