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  • General Dynamics Delivers 2nd Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ship to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers 2nd Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Ship to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has completed hull, mechanical and electrical delivery of a second Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy. The Navy said Tuesday it accepted ownership of the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) ship after a series of assessments and demonstrations of the vessel’s HM&E systems that include boat handling, anchoring and mooring, damage control, […] More

  • GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine

    General Electric’s marine solutions business has completed a weight and noise attenuation testing between a carbon fiber-based gas turbine enclosure and steel module. GE said Monday test results showed that the lightweight composite-based module for the LM2500 marine gas turbine reduced noise by 60 percent and weight by approximately 2,500 kilograms compared with the steel enclosure. […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes Builder's Trials on USS Thomas Hudner Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes Builder’s Trials on USS Thomas Hudner Destroyer

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has completed builder’s trials on an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 61) completed in-port and at-sea tests required to evaluate the vessel’s systems and delivery readiness, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Monday. Arleigh Burke-class warships are designed to incorporate the Aegis Baseline […] More

  • Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP

    The U.S. Navy could issue a request for proposals within the next month for a multiyear contract to build at least 10 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51), USNI News reported Tuesday. Capt. Casey Moton, DDG-51 program manager, told USNI News that the contract will run from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022 and will include options to accelerate […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Modification for Arleigh Burke-class Lead Yard Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Modification for Arleigh Burke-class Lead Yard Services

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has received a $23.9 million modification for additional Arleigh Burke-class lead yard services including engineering and technical support to construct new ships. Services under the original lead yard services contract include ship construction liaison, general class support, logistics support, design agent support, change design support and Arleigh Burke-class Flight III upgrade design efforts, the Defense Department said […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $44.3 million contract modification to provide planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s guided missile destroyers and frigates. The Navy exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for the company to support integrated planning yard efforts for Arleigh Burke-class and Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More

  • Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract

    The U.S. Navy has begun to solicit proposals for a contract to transport the damaged USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer back to U.S., United Press International reported Wednesday. The service branch is currently investigating the collision of USS Fitzgerald with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Honshu, Japan, in June. The Navy posted a solicitation notice on […] More

  • Navy Commissions General Dynamics-Built Guided Missile Destroyer; Sean Stackley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions General Dynamics-Built Guided Missile Destroyer; Sean Stackley Comments

    The U.S. Navy commissioned an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, built by General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary, at a ceremony held Saturday at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) was constructed to support the Navy’s crisis management, peacetime, power projection and sea control missions, the service branch said […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has delivered its first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s restarted development program for this ship class. The military branch said Monday the future USS Rafael Peralta underwent a series of at-sea and pier-side trials to check its operational readiness prior to delivery. “As the 65th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer […] More

  • General Dynamics Shipyard to Deliver USS Rafael Peralta to Navy in February - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Shipyard to Deliver USS Rafael Peralta to Navy in February

    The U.S. Navy‘s Board of Inspection and Survey has recommended the General Dynamics-built USS Rafael Peralta guided missile destroyer to join the Navy fleet after the ship completed its acceptance trials. USS Rafael Peralta will be delivered to the Navy in February and will depart from the company’s Bath Iron Works shipyard in the spring to join 34 other Arleigh Burke-class […] More

  • General Dynamics Receives $59M Navy Funds for DDG 51 Destroyer Lead Yard Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Receives $59M Navy Funds for DDG 51 Destroyer Lead Yard Work

    The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary a one-year, $59.4 million contract modification to provide lead yard services for the DDG 51 guided missile destroyer shipbuilding program. Bath Iron Works will perform general class, class logistic, class design agent and class change design services as well as support DDG 51 Flight III update design efforts […] More

  • Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series

    A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer left a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works subsidiary shipyard in Maine to begin a series of tests to evaluate the vessel’s navigation, propulsion and other systems, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday. Matthew Leonard, a spokesman for the Navy, told Scout Warrior that the acceptance trials of USS Zumwalt seek to demonstrate the […] More