USNI News:
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works was awarded a two destroyer deal that would include the construction of the second planned Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer (DDG-51) for the Navy, according to a Thursday Pentagon contract announcement.
The contract will include the Flight III configuration with the Raytheon-built SPY-6 air and missile defense radar on the unnamed DDG-126 and DDG-127 will be built in a Flight IIA configuration.
“DDG-126 was awarded under the contract that was part of a multi-year competition for DDG 51-class destroyers in 2013. DDG-127 was approved by Congress under separate legislation,” read a statement from General Dynamics. The Navy did not release the costs of the contract modification.
