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Navy, General Dynamics Agree On Second, Third, DDG-1000s, Collins Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday said that after months of negotiations, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Sean Stackley, called to say the Navy and General Dynamics [GD]-Bath Iron Works (BIW) have reached an agreement for the second and third DDG-1000 that will be built in Bath, Maine. Collins, a member of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said she has always been a stalwart supporter of BIW and has fought to secure appropriate…

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