Northrop Grumman Corporation [NOC] was awarded $41 million in options from both the Navy and prime contractors General Dynamics

 [GD] Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to provide navigation and steering equipment for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers.

The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51). Photo: U.S. Navy
The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51). Photo: U.S. Navy

Naval Sea Systems Command exercised options for the acquisition and testing of five integrated bridge and navigation systems (IBNS), valued at $11 million. Some of the five will be used to backfit existing ships, which the Navy will do during the ships’ next modernization periods at their homeports. For the new ships, the equipment will be delivered to the Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding yards. Deliveries will begin in 2015 and should be completed by 2021.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries also jointly exercised options for six steering gear systems, valued at $30 million. The equipment will be delivered to the shipyards for installation on new destroyers.

The two systems Northrop Grumman will provide include radar systems, navigation software, ship control software, chart servers, network interface boxes, flat panel displays, global positioning systems, and ship control display systems. The contracts also cover engineering services.