CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.,
July 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/
-- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded
contracts totaling $14.4 million by
prime contractors General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and
Huntington Ingalls Industries to supply the steering gear
system for three new DDG 51 Class Arleigh
Burke destroyers.
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The steering gear system is vital for the control and
maneuverability of the ship and is directly linked to the
integrated bridge, as well as the navigation and inertial
navigation systems that Northrop Grumman is supplying under
separate contracts for the DDG 51 Class destroyers.
Northrop Grumman has been the sole provider of the steering gear
system for the DDG 51 Class since production began during the
1980s. This contract award brings the program's total to 69
steering systems.
"These latest awards for the DDG 51 Class steering gear system
demonstrates Northrop Grumman's continued excellence in delivering
quality mission-critical systems for U.S. Navy ships and
submarines," said Bill Hannon, vice
president of Northrop Grumman's Maritime Systems business unit.
"Our expertise in producing steering, integrated bridge, inertial
navigation, machinery controls and other systems makes Northrop
Grumman a world leader in shipboard navigation, sensors and ship
controls."
The work will be performed chiefly in Charlottesville and the steering systems will
be installed on the DDGs at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in
Maine and the Huntington Ingalls
shipyard in Mississippi before the
destroyers are delivered to the Navy. Equipment deliveries are
expected to begin in the first quarter of 2015 and continue into
the third quarter of 2017.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
SOURCE Northrop Grumman Corporation