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Nov. 5 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $45.9 million for mechanical design and engineering services for the MK41 Vertical Launch System aboard two classes of vessel for the United States, as well as allied navies.
The services to be provided under the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, include mechanical, cable and missile canister equipment alongside engineering support and necessary materials such as composites, resin, and carbon fiber.
The purchase will include material ordering requirements for the ballistic missile defense systems mounted on U.S. and allied surface combatant ships using the Mk 41 VLS and the AEGIS Weapons System.
Work on the new contract will mostly be performed in Minneapolis, Minn., and is expected to be finished by March 2020. The Navy has obligated $1.1 million to BAE at the time of award from Navy fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion funds and fiscal 2018 weapons procurement funds, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
