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http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_navynorthropcontract_070602/
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to design and build the first replacement amphibious assault ship.
The work will be done at Northrop’s shipyards in Pascagoula and New Orleans.
The contract, announced Friday, will fund construction of the first, next-generation “bid-deck” amphibious ship, dubbed LHA 6....