The five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command. Under the agreement, HII’s Mission Technologies division will provide engineering, maintenance and technical repair support for elevators, cargo handling equipment and associated shipboard systems.
“Ensuring that essential operational systems — including shipboard elevators — run reliably is central to meeting the readiness needs of our U.S. sailors and Marines,” said Michael Lempke, president of Mission Technologies’ Global Security group. “We look forward to applying four decades of Elevator Support Unit experience to safeguard the performance of these systems and ensure they are reliable, resilient and fully capable of supporting the fleet.”
HII’s Mission Technologies division will also conduct sailor training intended to promote self-sufficiency at sea. The company will provide rapid response fly-away teams that can deploy globally to complete complex maintenance and repairs safely and effectively.
The contract builds on more than 40 years of Elevator Support Unit experience. HII said its team will apply lessons learned to deliver consistent, high-quality, rapid-response and affordable sustainment services for the U.S. Navy fleet.
Work will be performed within the continental United States, outside the continental United States and at forward-deployed locations around the world. The scope reflects the need to support shipboard systems across operating areas where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious ships are deployed.
HII said it currently maintains and modernizes the vast majority of the U.S. Navy’s fleet. The company said its approach covers life-cycle maritime defense systems ranging from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers.
The award reinforces HII’s role in sustaining U.S. naval readiness through maintenance and modernization work. The company said reliable elevator and cargo handling systems are part of the operational support needed to keep ships ready for fleet missions.
