Swiftships Awarded AWSM Zone 1 and Zone 2 Contract
Army Watercraft Sustainment Maintenance (AWSM) division announced final awards, and Swiftships was awarded both Zone 1 (CONUS) and Zone 2 (OCONUS) programs, making Swiftships the only shipyard to achieve both. Swiftships is the only the U.S. based shipyard that got awarded Zone 2.
The scope of contracts is follow-on efforts for the Army Watercraft Inspection Branch and Army Watercraft Systems Product Directorate to combine its shipyard efforts to efficiently execute modifications, modernizations and on-condition cyclic maintenance efforts for its existing fleet of vessels. For Zone 1, total 14 awardees will compete for a Total Value of $235M (FFP) and for Zone 2, total 7 awardees will compete for a Total Value of $180M (FFP).