General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary will provide integrated planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s DDG-51 destroyer and FFG-7 frigate under a potential $87.2 million contract. Work covers design, material and planning support to facilitate the guided missile ships’ maintenance and modernization, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate …
Read More »General Dynamics Lays Keel for Arleigh Burke-Class ‘Daniel Inouye’ Ship
General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has laid the keel on the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship that will be called USS Daniel Inouye. The ship, designated as DDG 118, is named after the former senator who earned a Medal of Honor for his U.S. Army service during World War II, …
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