CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.,
Aug. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded
contracts from the U.S. Navy, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and
Huntington Ingalls Industries to provide integrated bridge and
navigation systems and steering gear systems to modernize Arleigh
Burke-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs).
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) exercised options for the
acquisition and testing of five integrated bridge and navigation
systems (IBNS) valued at $11 million.
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries
jointly exercised options for six steering gear systems valued at
$30 million.
"Northrop Grumman is a major partner on the Navy's DDG
modernization program," said Bill
Hannon, vice president of Maritime Systems, Northrop
Grumman. "The new IBNS and steering gear systems will keep the
technology of our nation's front-line surface combatants highly
capable and affordable."
The systems to be installed include radar systems, navigation
software, ship control software, chart servers, network interface
boxes, flat panel displays, global positioning systems, and ship
control display systems. The contracts also cover engineering
services.
Back fit installation of the IBNS systems by the Navy will be
conducted at the home ports of the vessels during their
modernization windows. For the new build ships, steering gear
systems and IBNS systems will be installed at the shipyards of Bath
Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries. Deliveries will begin
in 2015 and are expected to be completed by 2021.
Northrop Grumman has been supplying comparable systems for the
Arleigh Burke-class DDGs since the program began during the
1980s.
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.
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