About $3.07B to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor — the only military construction record among the 207 defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-28 (joint venture, Navy)
A Navy military construction (MCON) award to replace Dry Dock 3 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The recipient is a joint venture of three companies, and the period runs from March 2023 to September 2027. Of the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-28, this is the only record that concerns military construction.
Contract key facts
- RecipientDRAGADOS/HAWAIIAN DREDGING/ORION JV
- Contract value$3,072,846,892 (≈$3.07B)
- BranchNavy
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Navy
- Award typeDELIVERY ORDER
- Period of performance2023-03-31 〜 2027-09-30
- Contract ID (PIID)N6274223F4007
Contract scope (original)
FY23 MCON PROJECT P-209, DRY DOCK 3 REPLACEMENT, JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, HAWAII
Key points
- A military construction (MCON) award to replace Dry Dock 3 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, from the Department of the Navy.
- The recipient is a joint venture of three companies: Dragados, Hawaiian Dredging and Orion.
- Of the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-28, this is the only record touching military construction or a dry dock.
- The award type is a delivery order, placed under a parent contract. Across the 207 records, definitive contracts number 193 and delivery orders 14.
- The period runs from 2023-03-31 to 2027-09-30, with a cumulative amount of about $3.07 billion.
- Of the 207 Department of Defense contracts held as of 2026-08-28, this is the only one touching military construction or a dry dock.
1Spending on the place that supports the equipment
Defense contracts bring to mind buying ships, aircraft and missiles. That is not what this record covers. A dry dock is the facility that lifts a ship clear of the water so work can reach the underside of the hull; without one, neither routine maintenance nor damage repair is possible.
Sorting the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-28 by the wording of their descriptions, exactly one touches military construction or a dry dock. There are many contracts to build ships and one to build the place where ships are fixed.
2A maintenance hub in the Pacific
Pearl Harbor serves as the hub for ship maintenance on the Pacific side, seen from the continental United States. The capacity of maintenance facilities becomes the ceiling on how many hulls can be worked at once. Deciding to add ships and having somewhere able to maintain them are separate questions, and the second does not show up in a list of equipment.
That this contract spans four and a half years, from 2023 to 2027, follows partly from the work being the replacement of a facility at a base that stays in operation.
3Recorded as an order under a parent contract
The award type is a delivery order. Of the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-08-28, definitive contracts account for 193 and delivery orders for only 14. A delivery order places individual work under the frame of a contract agreed in advance, and the source URL for this record does carry the number of that parent contract alongside.
Even a large award can be recorded not as a standalone contract but as one order inside a frame. What capacity the replaced facility will have is not part of this record.
4Contracts to build ships, and to build where ships are repaired
Defence contracts bring to mind buying ships, aircraft and missiles. That is not what this record covers. A dry dock lifts a ship clear of the water so that work can reach the underside of the hull.
Pearl Harbor is the hub carrying Pacific-side ship maintenance for the United States. The capacity of maintenance facilities is exactly the ceiling on how many hulls can be handled at once. Deciding to add ships and having somewhere able to maintain them are separate questions, and the second does not show up in an equipment list.
Why it matters
Tracking equipment counts alone drops the constraint imposed by the facilities that sustain them. Maintenance capacity is the ceiling on how many hulls can be worked at once, and it deserves management separate from the decision to add ships. Viewing contract data split between equipment and facilities shows where the spending actually leans.
FAQ
What is a dry dock?
What is a delivery order?
What capacity will the replacement have?
Sources (primary)
This article is an independent organization based on the U.S. official spending data below. Verify the exact, latest details with the official source.
- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：N6274223F4007