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GD Wins $101 Million In Navy Contracts For Submarine Acoustic Detection And Command And Control System

Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

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The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics [GD] two awards totaling $101 million for both submarine acoustic detection capabilities and the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S), the Department of Defense announced Aug. 24.The Naval Sea Systems Command specifically awarded GD’s Electric Boat Corp. $64.2 million for a large vertical array (LVA) fixture, LVA first article, and provisioned item orders.The LVA helps deliver acoustic detection capabilities to submarines. This specific technology allows the production and outboard installation of very large arrays while…

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