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Navy To Seek Multi-year Contract For DDG-51 Restart

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 13th, 2012

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The Navy will seek congressional approval for a multi-year contract to get nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers under construction during the next five fiscal years, the Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) manager for the restart program said yesterday. The multi-year deal would run from fiscal 2013-2017, Capt. Mark Vandroff said at the Surface Navy Association conference in Arlington, Va. The Navy decided in 2008 to restart the DDG-51 program, while scaling back the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program to three ships.…

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