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Contract Award: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine) – $22,942,371

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is awarded a $22,942,371 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-2331) for procurement of long-lead time material for the large missile vertical launch system launch module fabrication on DDG-1001. Work will be performed in Spring Grove, Illinois (48%); Houston, Texas (25%); Alma, Michigan (20%); and Merrill, Michigan (7%), and is expected to be completed by April 2026. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $22,942,371 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair, Bath, Maine, is the contracting activity.

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