About $3.04B to Huntington Ingalls — the description is the single line FY17 RCOH ACCOMPLISHMENT, an abbreviation used for a major ship overhaul (Navy, about 3.9 years)
A definitive contract administered by the Navy, described as accomplishment of fiscal year 2017 RCOH. In Navy ship maintenance the abbreviation is used for a major overhaul involving refuelling. Obligations total about $3,038.71 million over a period from 2017-09-01 to 2021-08-08, about 3.9 years.
Contract key facts
- RecipientHuntington Ingalls
- Contract value$3,043,319,134 (≈$3.04B)
- BranchNavy
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Navy
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2017-09-01 〜 2023-05-25
- Contract ID (PIID)N0002417C2105
The amount cited in the write-up ($3,038,709,105) is the figure at the time of writing. After later modifications the record now shows $3,043,319,134 (the details above are current).
Contract scope (original)
FY17 RCOH ACCOMPLISHMENT
Key points
- The description is the single line FY17 RCOH ACCOMPLISHMENT, and the record does not expand the abbreviation.
- In Navy ship maintenance the notation is used for a major overhaul involving refuelling.
- The period runs from 2017-09-01 to 2021-08-08, about 3.9 years; only eleven of the same 207 fall between three and five years.
- New construction contracts often run beyond ten years, while work on an existing vessel shortens the period.
- Of the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-01, 77 are administered by the Navy, more than any other office.
- New construction often exceeds ten years, while overhaul of an existing ship runs about 3.9 because the process is foreseeable.
1An abbreviation left unexpanded in the record
The description is the single line FY17 RCOH ACCOMPLISHMENT. FY17 denotes fiscal year 2017. For RCOH the record gives no expansion.
In Navy ship maintenance the notation is used for a major overhaul involving refuelling. Taken together with a recipient that builds ships, reading it as a contract for work on a vessel is natural. Which vessel is not written. A record left in abbreviation shuts out a reader unfamiliar with the field.
2About 3.9 years, short for shipbuilding
The period runs from 2017-09-01 to 2021-08-08, about 3.9 years. Across the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-01 the median period is 10.7 years, and only eleven fall between three and five.
Contracts to build a new ship often run beyond ten years. Work on a vessel that already exists has a settled subject and a foreseeable sequence, so the period shortens. Within the same shipbuilder, new construction and overhaul take different contract shapes.
3The Navy administers the most contracts
Splitting the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-01 by administering office gives the Navy 77, the most, followed by the Defense Contract Management Agency at 43, the Army at 40, the Air Force at 31, the Defense Health Agency at 9 and the Missile Defense Agency at 7.
Ships and submarines carry large sums per award, and this site collects the larger awards first, so Navy records predominate. The relative counts by area cannot be read directly as the shape of budget allocation. Obligations are about $3,038.71 million and outlays about $1.08 million, a ratio of 0.04 percent.
4Building new, and working on what exists
Even at the same shipbuilder, new construction and overhaul take different contractual shapes. This one works on a ship that already exists, and its period runs a short 3.9 years.
Across the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-01, the median period is 10.7 years and only 11 fall between three and five. The description reads "FY17 RCOH ACCOMPLISHMENT" and the record does not expand RCOH, though in naval ship maintenance the abbreviation is used for a major overhaul including refuelling.
Why it matters
The cost of equipment arises not only at purchase but through the years it stays in service. Overhaul contracts appearing in their own right shows the size of that cost. New construction and overhaul differ in period and in the character of the amount, so a yard is read more accurately when the two are kept apart.
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Sources (primary)
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- Contract ID (PIID)：N0002417C2105