AMSC awarded contract for ship protection system LPD-32

AMSC announced it has entered into a delivery contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries through its Ingalls Shipbuilding division (Ingalls) for a high temperature superconductor, HTS,-based ship protection system to be deployed on the San Antonio-class of amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32. The LPD-32 contract marks AMSC‘s fifth ship protection system for the San Antonio Class Amphibious ship platform. Other AMSC awarded contracts for the San Antonio Class include the USS Fort Lauderdale, USS Richard McCool, USS Harrisburg, and USS Pittsburgh. Under the terms of the contact, AMSC has agreed to deliver the degaussing system to Ingalls’ shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi for integration into LPD-32. LPD-32 represents the third vessel of the next generation amphibious warship ‘Flight II’ variant of the San Antonio-class.