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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded $212 Million for DDG 1002 Deckhouse, Hangar and Launch-System Modules
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded $212 Million for DDG 1002 Deckhouse, Hangar and Launch-System Modules
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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded $212 Million for DDG
1002 Deckhouse, Hangar and Launch-System Modules
The
U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $212 million
for the design and construction of a steel deckhouse and hangar and
construction of aft Peripheral Vertical Launching System (PVLS) modules
for integration into Lyndon B Johnson (DDG 1002), the third ship of
the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers. General
Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a business unit of General Dynamics.
“The
design and production of these critical components of DDG 1002 will
help maintain our specialized engineering and design skills and provides
additional stability to our manufacturing workload,” said Jeff
Geiger, president of Bath Iron Works. “We are pleased to have
been selected for this important work.”
The Zumwalt-class deckhouse includes the ship's bridge, radars, antennas
and intake/exhaust systems in a structure with a significantly smaller
radar cross-section than other ships in the modern Navy fleet. The enclosed
hangar is designed to accommodate two medium-lift helicopters or other
mission-related equipment. The PVLS modules distribute the ship’s
missile launchers in separate four-cell launcher compartments along
the ship's hull.
There are currently three DDG 1000 class destroyers in production at
Bath Iron Works, Zumwalt (DDG 1000), Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) and
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). Zumwalt is scheduled to be delivered to
the Navy in 2015. The keel laying ceremony for DDG 1001 took place in
May 2013 and Start of Fabrication for DDG 1002 was in April 2012.