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BAE Wins Two Destroyer Depot Modernization Contracts

Friday, January 5th, 2018

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The Navy awarded Britain’s BAE Systems two firm-fixed-price contracts for fiscal year 2018 depot modernization period (DMP) availabilities on the USS Howard (DDG-83) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Arleigh Burke-class destroyers worth a combined $90 million.A Dec. 26 Defense Department contract announcement said these contracts were awarded on Dec. 22.The Howard modernization is specified as an almost $48 million Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availability and is set to include modernization, repair, and maintenance of the ship.The Navy noted this is a long-term availability and was competed on a…

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