U.S. Navy Awards BAE Systems $47 Million Contract to Modernize USS Howard
January 03 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
BAE Systems has received a $47.8 million contract from the U.S.
Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83).
The Howard will undergo 15 months of extensive work at the
company’s shipyard in San Diego, the ship’s homeport. The depot
maintenance period (DMP) availability contract includes options
that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $66.5
million.
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BAE Systems has received a $47.8 million
contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) at the company’s
shipyard in San Diego, the ship’s homeport. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
The USS Howard was commissioned in October 2001. The ship is the
first West Coast-based destroyer to undergo the Navy’s extensive
DMP repair and upgrade program. BAE Systems will perform hull,
mechanical, and electrical repairs, and upgrade the combat systems
suite aboard the 509-foot-long Howard. The work is expected to
begin in February and be completed in May 2019. The company’s
Jacksonville, Florida, shipyard is completing a DMP availability
aboard the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), and its Norfolk, Virginia,
shipyard recently received a DMP contract to work on the USS Oscar
Austin (DDG 79).
“We look forward to conducting the first-ever West Coast
destroyer DMP availability on the Howard,” said Bob Koerber, vice
president and general manager of BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair.
“The extensive work to be done on board aligns perfectly with the
experience and capabilities of our employees and
subcontractors.”
The company’s San Diego shipyard also was recently awarded a
$11.5 million contract to dry-dock and modernize the San
Diego-based mine countermeasures ship USS Champion (MCM 4). Work
aboard the 224-foot-long ship will begin in January and will be
completed August.
BAE Systems is a leading provider of ship repair, maintenance,
modernization, conversion, and overhaul services for the Navy,
other government agencies, and select commercial customers. The
company operates five full-service shipyards in Alabama,
California, Florida, Hawaii, and Virginia, and offers a highly
skilled, experienced workforce, eight dry docks, and significant
pier space and ship support services.
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