AP
Bath
Iron Works has been awarded a contract for support of the vessels, while
Raytheon was contracted for work adapting the SM-2 missile for the destroyers.
By Sam Howard
Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has contracted Raytheon and Bath
Iron Works for work enhancing Zumwalt-class destroyers.
Bath
Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a $26.4 million
contract for engineering, technical, planning and other types of support for
the Zumwalt class, also known as the DDG 1000 class. The contract covers work
during the destroyers' post-delivery and in-service life-cycle phases, the
Defense Department said Wednesday.
The Navy also awarded a $17 million contract to Raytheon for work to add
Zumwalt capabilities to the Standard Missile-2. Raytheon's work on the deal is
expected to be completed by March 2022 and $16.95 million will be paid for at
the time of award from Navy fiscal 2017 and 2018 weapons procurement funds and
foreign military sales funds.
Bath
Iron Works' contract covers work expected to finish by December 2023 and will
be paid for with $25.6 million in the Navy's fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and
conversion; and research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of
the award.
On its website, Bath Iron
Works says the Zumwalt-class vessel "is the U.S. Navy's next-generation,
guided-missile naval destroyer, leading the way for a new generation of
advanced multi-mission surface combat ships."
However,
the stealth destroyer class's multi-billion-dollar rollout has been fraught with
complications -- its stealth features, in particular, may be degrading. The
Navy recently told Congress it was considering scrapping the intended long-range
Advanced Gun System on the ships as well.
Vice Adm. William Merz told a Senate
subcommittee late last month that the class is expected to be in operation by
2021.
Source: www.upi.com
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