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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards HII Six Flight III DDG-51 Destroyers And GD Four in Multi-Billion Dollar Multi-Year Contracts

Friday, September 28th, 2018

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Navy Awards HII Six Flight III DDG-51 Destroyers And GD Four in Multi-Billion Dollar Multi-Year Contracts

The future Arleigh Burke-class USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) guided-missile destroyer during builder’s seat trials in the Gulf of Mexico. A House bill would require (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy last week awarded six new Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 destroyers to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and four to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) for a combined value of $9 billion.Both fixed-price firm target multiyear contracts cover one Flight III DDG-51 destroyer for each company per year from FY 2019 – 2022. HII also won two DDG-51s in FY 2018.The larger Huntington Ingalls contract is worth $5.1 billion for six destroyers while the General Dynamics contract is worth…

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