Overview
- Vard Marine US won the prime contract to shape the Navy’s Next Generation Logistics Ship, with Hanwha Defense USA and Hanwha Philly Shipyard named as subcontractors for design, producibility, and cost work.
- The team will run a market study of domestic and foreign designs, then refine a candidate into a baseline concept, with options that could extend into functional design tasks.
- The Navy is running a parallel concept effort with a General Dynamics NASSCO-led team, creating an early-stage competition before any detailed design or construction awards.
- NGLS, also called the light replenishment oiler (T-AOL), is a smaller resupply ship meant to refuel, rearm, and restock dispersed forces, with Navy planning documents pointing to a 13-ship buy and a first procurement target in fiscal 2028.
- For Philadelphia, the deal is Hanwha’s first U.S. Navy project since buying the yard and investing more than $200 million, which could support more jobs and future bids even though construction work is not guaranteed.