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Navy/USMC

Navy Issues Contract For Work On Flight III Destroyers

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, February 9th, 2015

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Navy Issues Contract For Work On Flight III Destroyers

The USS Donald Cook arriving in Rota, Spain earlier this year. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy has issued contracts to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works for ongoing work at the detailed design for the flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers.The contracts announced Friday for both builders of the DDG-51s were a combined $26.5 million design services.The main feature of the next version of the destroyers is the Air Missile Defense Radar, or AMDR.The Navy is developing the radar to boost air warfare and missile defense…

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