MORGAN CITY, LA (AP) — The Pentagon says the Navy has extended a Louisiana company's contract to operate and upgrade a repair facility for Iraqi patrol boats built in Morgan City.
According to a daily list of Pentagon contracts, the one-year extension means nearly $11 million for Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC.
The money covers labor and associated travel, life support services and force protection services for the facility at Umm Qasr Naval Base, Iraq.
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Swiftships built and maintains a dozen 115-foot patrol boats for the Iraqi Navy.
