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Navy/USMC

GD and HII Win Multiyear Contracts for Nine Destroyers

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023

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GD and HII Win Multiyear Contracts for Nine Destroyers

The first Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) undergoing sea trials. (Photo: HII)

The Navy awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) [GD] and HII [HII] multiyear contracts for a combined nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers lasting for five years through fiscal year 2027, but the service declined to reveal the price tag. The contract specifically awards BIW three destroyers, one each in fiscal years 2023, 2024 and 2026. HII won awards for six DDGs: one in FY ‘23, one in ‘24, two in ‘25, one in ‘26 and one in ‘27. The…

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