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GD Building DDG-115 Destroyer

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Latest updates: Contract for DDG 115, option for DDG 116. USS Stockdale [DDG 106](click to view full) In 2009, a deal was struck that shifted most DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class work to Bath Iron Works, in exchange for Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls shipyard taking over lead-yard responsibility for the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers, and receiving a greater share of orders for that ship type. Bath Iron Works will still build some Arleigh Burke class ships, however, and will continue to receive contracts to that effect. Contracts & Key Events MFCS MK99 components(click to view larger) Note that this article covers only DDG-115. Sept 26/11: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME receives a $679.6 million fixed-price-incentive contract for DDG 115 construction, with a $665 million option for DDG 116. Significant amounts of work will be performed in Bath/Brunswick, ME; Cincinnati, OH; Walpole, MA; Brunswick, GA; Coatesville, PA; Falls Church, VA; Indianapolis, IN; York, PA; South Portland, ME; Charlottesville, VA; Tulsa, OK; Anaheim, CA; and Portland, ME; and is expected to be completed by August 2017. This contract was procured via a limited competition between Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls, and is managed by US Naval Sea Systems Command in […]

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