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Navy Awards Multi-Year Contracts For Destroyers

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

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Navy Awards Multi-Year Contracts For Destroyers

The Navy awarded contracts for nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers on Monday that are being purchased under a multi-year buy that contains an option for tenth ship. The contracts were awarded to General Dynamics [GD] and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] for a combined value of $6.1 billion. Five of the ships will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ yard in Pascagoula, Miss., and the remaining four by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112)…

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