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Navy Releases RFP For Multi-Year DDG-51 Flight III Destroyers

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

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Navy Releases RFP For Multi-Year DDG-51 Flight III Destroyers

An artist's rendering of Raytheon's Air and Missile Defense Radar on a destroyer. (Image: Raytheon)

The Navy on Thursday released a final Request for Proposals (RFP) for the fiscal years (FY) 2018-2022 multiyear procurement (MYP) for Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.The RFP is a limited competition between current DDG-51 shipbuilders General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII].The MYP continues production of the DDG-51 in the newest configuration. The main Flight III upgrade will be the Raytheon [RTN] AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and associated adaptions necessary for its…

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