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BAE Systems Wins $368 Million U.S. Navy Contract To Support Submarine Weapon Systems

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

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BAE Systems Wins $368 Million U.S. Navy Contract To Support Submarine Weapon Systems

Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems a $368 million five-year contract to provide systems engineering and support services to the service’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, which covers strategic and attack weapons systems on U.S. and U.K. ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), the company said Wednesday.SSP specifically overseas the Strategic Weapons System and Attack Weapons System on board current U.S. Ohio-class and UK Vanguard-class submarines, in addition to the future Ohio replacement and the UK Dreadnought-class of submarines.These are nuclear-powered ballistic…

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