
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The Navy is nearing a multi-year procurement deal for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers that would take production out to fiscal 2022 and ramp production back up to three deliveries per year.Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works [GD] are competing for the multi-year contract to build DDG-51s through fiscal 2023. A request for proposals was issued in February and the Navy expects those proposals in the next few weeks, according to DDG-51…