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HII announces $56 million Navy award for AUKUS engineering

The contract includes submarine design and industrial support. Its $91 million potential value depends on an option being exercised.

By PV Weekly Editorial 2 min read
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Sparks fly as a welder bends over a steel plate while ceremony attendees watch through protective welding shields.
File photo: Newport News Shipbuilding employee Mathew Shilling welds initials during PCU John Warner’s keel-laying ceremony in Newport News, Virginia, in March 2013. U.S. Navy/Scott Barnes.Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America · Public domain
Photo detailsHistorical ceremony for PCU John Warner (SSN 785); this photograph does not depict the announced award or SSN-AUKUS work. The source caption and camera metadata specify March 16, 2013, while the listing’s date field says March 18. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Barnes, via Official U.S. Navy Page/Wikimedia Commons. The complete item-specific rights text establishes public-domain status in the United States as an official Navy work, with Public Domain Mark 1.0: Public domain. Resized for publication; no scene content was added or removed.

HII said in an October 13, 2026, announcement that its Newport News Shipbuilding division received a $56 million U.S. Navy contract for shipbuilding engineering and design work. The award supports AUKUS, the partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

An option, if exercised, would bring the contract’s cumulative value to $91 million, the company said. HII’s October 13, 2026 announcement does not establish that the option was exercised or that $91 million was obligated.

HII said the contract would continue Newport News’ support for the United Kingdom and Australia under Foreign Military Sales requirements. The work includes introducing technology, engineering, supply chain and workforce development support, and digital transformation.

The award also covers the United States Industry Support effort, HII said. Under that effort, Newport News engineers and designers would contribute to the design of SSN-AUKUS, the nuclear-powered submarine that the United Kingdom and Australia would build.

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